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In America we've had decades of various people attacking public schools. So to look at the state of public schools and saying this is how things are, well you'

In America we've had decades of various people attacking public schools. So to look at the state of public schools and saying this is how things are, well you're ignoring a broad history of American conservatism taking objection to public schooling.

surge 7y ago
Right, so fix that first, don't tell people they have to go to a certain school while you spend another 30+ years figuring it out. Also blaming it on just conservatism is silly, the bluest most democratic districts have some of the worst problems and solutions. Administrators keep thinking more of the same and blanket solutions address the needs of every kid. They forget that children are individuals. If this were the case, schools in very liberal areas like D.C., Chicago, LA, etc would be amazing and all producing the very best students given their funding and that the school board would be incredibly liberal/progressive. Talk to teachers, many of them that burn out or leave because of how bad its gotten home school their own kids because they've seen the sausage factory. Addendum (how bad its really gotten): https://www.dailyinfographic.com/homeschooling-by-the-numbers-infographic https://www.dailyinfographic.com/homeschooling-by-the-number... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/15/robots-schools-teaching-children-redundant-testing-learn-future?CMP=twt_gu https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/15/robots... https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/29/social-jetlag/ https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/29/social-jetlag/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13086098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13086098 https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-dumbs-us-according-nasa-scientists/ https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-... https://nypost.com/2018/01/30/teen-suspended-for-inciting-violence-with-anti-bullying-video/ https://nypost.com/2018/01/30/teen-suspended-for-inciting-vi... https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/9isnux/teacher_says_she_was_fired_for_giving_zeroes_to/?st=jw9nli3f&sh=5c335f15 https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/9isnux/teacher_says_s... https://www.greensboro.com/opinion/columns/christie-murphy-why-i-have-to-quit-teaching-and-no/article_b42f4ffe-8d20-5956-8375-e41a2dc088ec.html https://www.greensboro.com/opinion/columns/christie-murphy-w... https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/8smwb6/lawsuit_school_officials_forced_12yearold_who/?st=jw9nl0fb&sh=57d87bce https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/8smwb6/lawsuit_school... https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/7p69uk/teacher_arrested_for_asking_why_the/?st=jw9nj8b7&sh=c6e2cc93 https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/7p69uk/teacher_arre...

surge 7y ago

Right, so fix that first, don't tell people they have to go to a certain school while you spend another 30+ years figuring it out. Also blaming it on just conservatism is silly, the bluest most democratic districts have some of the worst problems and solutions. Administrators keep thinking more of the same and blanket solutions address the needs of every kid. They forget that children are individuals. If this were the case, schools in very liberal areas like D.C., Chicago, LA, etc would be amazing and all producing the very best students given their funding and that the school board would be incredibly liberal/progressive. Talk to teachers, many of them that burn out or leave because of how bad its gotten home school their own kids because they've seen the sausage factory. Addendum (how bad its really gotten): https://www.dailyinfographic.com/homeschooling-by-the-numbers-infographic https://www.dailyinfographic.com/homeschooling-by-the-number... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/15/robots-schools-teaching-children-redundant-testing-learn-future?CMP=twt_gu https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/15/robots... https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/29/social-jetlag/ https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/29/social-jetlag/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13086098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13086098 https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-dumbs-us-according-nasa-scientists/ https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-... https://nypost.com/2018/01/30/teen-suspended-for-inciting-violence-with-anti-bullying-video/ https://nypost.com/2018/01/30/teen-suspended-for-inciting-vi... https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/9isnux/teacher_says_she_was_fired_for_giving_zeroes_to/?st=jw9nli3f&sh=5c335f15 https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/9isnux/teacher_says_s... https://www.greensboro.com/opinion/columns/christie-murphy-why-i-have-to-quit-teaching-and-no/article_b42f4ffe-8d20-5956-8375-e41a2dc088ec.html https://www.greensboro.com/opinion/columns/christie-murphy-w... https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/8smwb6/lawsuit_school_officials_forced_12yearold_who/?st=jw9nl0fb&sh=57d87bce https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/8smwb6/lawsuit_school... https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/7p69uk/teacher_arrested_for_asking_why_the/?st=jw9nj8b7&sh=c6e2cc93 https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/7p69uk/teacher_arre...