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Us has a public school crises. Left is fighting an ideological war at expense of stem. Right is fighting a religious war at expense of liberal arts. My only ho

Us has a public school crises. Left is fighting an ideological war at expense of stem. Right is fighting a religious war at expense of liberal arts. My only hope is Supreme Court allows parents to take their education dollars and use it to subsidize private school tuition.

synergy20 4y ago
the post is flagged and buried in no time, which is again expected, we as a nation is so screwed up and hopeless.
- angelbreakfree 4y ago
  With all due respect, altho it may seem that it was to you, I do not thing it was very relevant.
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  Because the post started off inflammatory and stupid. Schools barely mention trans people, but if they did it would take one lesson. And if half a percent or one percent of people are trans that seems like it's worth the time. Also not being distracted by dysphoria should help with learning effectively. There's a lot of talking points that don't come at the expense of real education at all. If you want to discuss real problems let's look at school district funding and curriculums that are overly focused on standardized test results. You don't need to make fun of non-binary people as if that's some kind of wasteful hobby rather than just an attribute.
genmud 4y ago
That actually can make things significantly worse. Most school districts are chronically underfunded to begin with and many of the federal dollars are the difference between a 30:1 teacher ratio and 60:1 ratio. In many school districts where voucher programs have been implemented, they are facing HARD financial burdens, since they had 10/20/30 year plans based on a certain amount of income from taxes. I am generalizing, but the people who could afford or want to send their kids to non-public schools already have been doing so for years. As more money pours out of public school districts, the more cost cutting has to take place to have a budget that works, which means the quality of education goes down, which accelerates anyone who was on the fence to remove their kids from public schools. The problem with private schools is they are effectively subsidized by all the work from public schools, yet don't contribute in the same way. Think about coursework that is developed with state / local funds, testing standards that are built in these schools and decades of experience administering these programs.

synergy20 4y ago

the post is flagged and buried in no time, which is again expected, we as a nation is so screwed up and hopeless.

angelbreakfree 4y ago
With all due respect, altho it may seem that it was to you, I do not thing it was very relevant.
Dylan16807 4y ago
Because the post started off inflammatory and stupid. Schools barely mention trans people, but if they did it would take one lesson. And if half a percent or one percent of people are trans that seems like it's worth the time. Also not being distracted by dysphoria should help with learning effectively. There's a lot of talking points that don't come at the expense of real education at all. If you want to discuss real problems let's look at school district funding and curriculums that are overly focused on standardized test results. You don't need to make fun of non-binary people as if that's some kind of wasteful hobby rather than just an attribute.

genmud 4y ago

That actually can make things significantly worse. Most school districts are chronically underfunded to begin with and many of the federal dollars are the difference between a 30:1 teacher ratio and 60:1 ratio. In many school districts where voucher programs have been implemented, they are facing HARD financial burdens, since they had 10/20/30 year plans based on a certain amount of income from taxes. I am generalizing, but the people who could afford or want to send their kids to non-public schools already have been doing so for years. As more money pours out of public school districts, the more cost cutting has to take place to have a budget that works, which means the quality of education goes down, which accelerates anyone who was on the fence to remove their kids from public schools. The problem with private schools is they are effectively subsidized by all the work from public schools, yet don't contribute in the same way. Think about coursework that is developed with state / local funds, testing standards that are built in these schools and decades of experience administering these programs.