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> because some schools have issues (which are largely correlated with economically disadvantaged neighborhoods)? I don't you understand just how bad things ar
by simonsarris 3y ago
> because some schools have issues (which are largely correlated with economically disadvantaged neighborhoods)?
I don't you understand just how bad things are. Nationally 29% of 8th graders score "proficient or higher" in reading, 26% in math. The median American student is doing far worse than you think.
- lapcat 3y agoBogus, fearmongering stats, based on unrealistic ideals: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-test-everyone-will-fail_b_47607 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-test-everyone-will-fail_b_4... Tell me how the US students compare to all of the other industrialized nations. And again, I ask, what would you suggest? You seem to be suggesting we shouldn't be teaching parents skills in schools, because schools are allegedly no good, but isn't that also an (absurd) argument that we shouldn't be teaching anything in schools?