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Yes, the low quality and outcomes of public education are very bad, and a political system that insists on dooming a majority of kids to that hellhole is very b
by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Yes, the low quality and outcomes of public education are very bad, and a political system that insists on dooming a majority of kids to that hellhole is very bad.
The positive solution is not to seek to destroy what decent educational systems may still exist. Have you considered that it is public schools that need radical change, to be more like private schools? or even to become private schools?
- notacoward 8y ago> the low quality and outcomes of public education are very bad Cherry picking. The quality and outcomes of public education are highly variable. Some schools are just as good as anything private (better if you consider learning citizenship vs. elitism as a criterion). Nobody's suggesting that a "majority" of kids be doomed to hellholes. Most are already fine, the rest might be in former hellholes instead of current ones. > Have you considered that it is public schools that need radical change, to be more like private schools? Yes, I have. In fact, that's what many public schools have already done, and more should do. However, the one way they can not and should not be like private schools is by ceasing to be public. That includes the pseudo-privatization that funnels public money to private interests, shedding regulation and accountability to improve profitability at the expense of the students and staff. Do that, and you'll just have private hellholes (a few of which already exist BTW).