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> This is a popular trope heavily marketed in certain circles but it’s not even remotely true and it’s deeply disrespectful to the teachers working in an underf
by indymike 5y ago
> This is a popular trope heavily marketed in certain circles but it’s not even remotely true and it’s deeply disrespectful to the teachers working in an underfunded but critical position.
This is a quite shallow dismissal. I'm the father of five and my wife is a teacher. The truth is, many public schools have deteriorated into free day care, and the poorer the area the school serves, the more this rings true.
> student performance very closely tracks the parents’ socioeconomic status.
Perhaps, but this is often an urban/suburban issue where wealth is concentrated in a (usually) suburban school, and that in turn leads to the school being better resourced.
- acdha 5y agoI’m married to a teacher who’s taught at public and charter schools, mostly Title I. There are many areas they’d like to do better but I certainly haven’t seen anything which fits the unsourced “daycare” label and the other kids we know in, for example, a poor rural district also have not had that experience so I’d like some supporting evidence that this is a widespread problem.
- dolni 5y agoAdd me to the list. Just today my young lady was lamenting how she learns virtually nothing because disruptive kids ruin it for everyone else. That was also my experience growing up in school. And it was also my partner's. That is way too many experiences to dismiss.