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As a minority, I hope this isn't another "minority schools do well turned scam". Seems like we have these "amazing successes" turned to "scams" every couple of

As a minority, I hope this isn't another "minority schools do well turned scam". Seems like we have these "amazing successes" turned to "scams" every couple of years. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/tm-landry-college-prep-black-students.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/tm-landry-college-prep... If it is a success, why turn it into a national story? Doesn't that put more unnecessary pressure on these schools and kids to "succeed"? Wouldn't that put more pressure on these schools to cheat if expectations aren't met? I don't understand why this is a national news story. Do the kids benefit from the extra national pressure? No. Do the schools benefit? No. Am I wrong in thinking only lebron and the nytimes benefits from this story? Why not let these kids and schools succeed quietly? These underprivileged kids have enough hurdles as is, do they really the added burden of national coverage?

thatoneuser 7y ago
Because if this truly is a success then we want to spread the concept as far as we can as fast as we can. It can receive national attention and not harm those inside if done right.
- basetop 7y ago
  Agreed. Lets wait to see whether it is truly a success before hyping it. Especially since lebron's school opened in fall of 2018. I say it takes a generation to see if an education system is a sucess, not half a school year. Can we really say a school is a success after a few months? Besides, I think celebrity and schools aren't what's truly important. Parental employment/financial stability, parental involvement in kids' lives and parental stability ( aka no divorces or single parent family ) are a better solution to kids success in school than a basketball player ( who went straight to the NBA from high school ) and his idea of an ideal school. But maybe I'm just old fashioned in that way.
Someone1234 7y ago
> As a minority, I hope this isn't another "minority schools do well turned scam". Seems like we have these "amazing successes" turned to "scams" every couple of years. It is a normal public school that is getting additional funding, and funding for specific additional programs (e.g. parental outreach, after school program). Worst case scenario the funding dries up and it returns to being a completely normal public school with normal levels of public funding.
sct202 7y ago
These results at least aren't wildly successful. The kids came in really below average, and now are still below average but by less after a single year, which is promising but not like unreasonable.

thatoneuser 7y ago

Because if this truly is a success then we want to spread the concept as far as we can as fast as we can. It can receive national attention and not harm those inside if done right.

basetop 7y ago
Agreed. Lets wait to see whether it is truly a success before hyping it. Especially since lebron's school opened in fall of 2018. I say it takes a generation to see if an education system is a sucess, not half a school year. Can we really say a school is a success after a few months? Besides, I think celebrity and schools aren't what's truly important. Parental employment/financial stability, parental involvement in kids' lives and parental stability ( aka no divorces or single parent family ) are a better solution to kids success in school than a basketball player ( who went straight to the NBA from high school ) and his idea of an ideal school. But maybe I'm just old fashioned in that way.

Someone1234 7y ago

> As a minority, I hope this isn't another "minority schools do well turned scam". Seems like we have these "amazing successes" turned to "scams" every couple of years. It is a normal public school that is getting additional funding, and funding for specific additional programs (e.g. parental outreach, after school program). Worst case scenario the funding dries up and it returns to being a completely normal public school with normal levels of public funding.

sct202 7y ago

These results at least aren't wildly successful. The kids came in really below average, and now are still below average but by less after a single year, which is promising but not like unreasonable.