Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Don for that info, so when I get a bit more time, I must do a little more research into class sizes and teacher standards. Douglas On 29/02/2020 23:59, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information