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The article alludes to these causes: - pandemic school closures - youth mental health crisis - high rates of chronic absenteeism
by lysace 2y ago
The article alludes to these causes:
- pandemic school closures
- youth mental health crisis
- high rates of chronic absenteeism
- cf100clunk 2y agoThrow in some long term, multi-generational factors previously discussed at HN: - widespread environmental exposure to lead - gutting of public education funding during several presidencies - cultural decline in prestige and respect towards the teaching profession
- lysace 2y agoLead exposure going up during the past 1-2 decades? This seems unlikely.
- cf100clunk 2y ago> long term, multi-generational factors
- lysace 2y agoPlease expand.
- cf100clunk 2y ago> previously discussed here at HN
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- ElevenLathe 2y agoAt the very least this is true in Flint, MI.
- jcranmer 2y agoNo, it's not. Flint's lead water problems lasted for ~18 months from 2014-2015 (ending when they transitioned back to their original water source!), and as of about 4 years ago, they've fully replaced all of their lead water pipes.
- lysace 2y agoAlso: Flint population at the time: 100k US population at the time: 318M
- ElevenLathe 2y agoRight: 18 months 10 years ago, when the class of 2025 was 8.
- tootie 2y agoI have yet to see the finger pointed at the growing anti-education policies being pushed by the right but that seems like a worthy area of study. States that are now leaning on vouchers are starving public schools in favor of privates.
- taeric 2y agoGoing to be hard not to look long and hard at the school closures during the pandemic. Sucks, as it is also going to be hard to avoid the political hazard involved.