Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, at least two states, Kansas and Texas, take funds from the richer counties and send those funds to school districts that are both poorer and/ or much lower population. Educational outcomes are not so much a funding issue as a combination of school curriculum, parental involvement, social structures, individual desire for education, and the actual social structure within the school. Here in Austin we have excellent outcomes within AISD for the schools within the more prosperous parts of town and dedicated schools such as the Ann Richard's school for girls that dedicates itself to STEM and girls from the poorest neighborhood. What needs to be done is for our social scientists to figure out what will motivate those who come from extremity broken homes or who come from a social structure that doesn't value education. This isn't about money per se but about each child and what will motivate/ encourage that unique person to become all that they can be. The charter schools in NYC that take students only by lottery do a much better job than the all public schools for a large number of reasons but probably because the parents/ students self select as being interested in getting an education. Now we need to reach those children that don't know/ care about what could be with knowledge and critical thinking. On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 5:35 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Depressingly fascinating insight into the failure of the US system, > Tina, particularly education. The idea that wealthy areas fund their own > area's schools whose pupils are thus streets ahead of underfunded poor > areas' school pupils is completely inequitable, and, of course, a recipe > for continuing misery. Children should be given a chance to excel, not a > reason to fail. If they blow it - well, on their own heads be it. > > Will anything change? Unlikely. > > Douglas > > > On 29/02/2020 17:08, Tina Manley via LUG wrote: > > PESO: > > > > A powerful, depressing photo essay about what is wrong with the world > today > > right here at home. > > > > > https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/02/us/tightrope-nicholas-kristof-cnnphotos/index.html > > > > > > Tina > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >