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Failing or not, it still has an ongoing obligation to its enrollees. A kid attending the school doesn't really care if the school is meeting its particular metr

Failing or not, it still has an ongoing obligation to its enrollees. A kid attending the school doesn't really care if the school is meeting its particular metric goals. That kid is still upset that their school is closing and their education and social life is disrupted. I also don't think that "the school was likely a failure" is a claim we can make in the modern world. Zuck (and other tech CEOs) is/are very clearly fleeing visible commitment to diversity initiatives. "We will give out a bunch of cash to people who no longer have a school" is better than nothing, but absolutely nothing mandates that this happen the next time.

bko 2y ago
From the article > CZI plans to donate $50 million to the communities and families affected by the closure, the school said in its note this week. Again, the point is no one is going to experiment if you can't wind it down. I don't know if it's a failure but I know the 300m zuck spent in Newark schools was a huge failure and waste of money and very well documented. If it was a success they would be making a big show and not shutting it down
- UncleMeat 2y ago
  Right. And I mentioned that in my post. I'm glad that Zuck is doing this but he is not obligated to do so, which is one of the perils of this sort of program funded by billionaires.
  - woleium 2y ago
    … or any other funding entity?
    - em-bee 2y ago
      like the government? they better not be shutting down failing schools, leaving the kids in the lurch. but instead they should research why the schools are failing and figure out how to fix the problem. a private entity may not have such an obligation, but we as a society sure do.
      - woleium 2y ago
        i believe many countries went through a period of consolidation where many smaller (failing) schools were closed as the population became more mobile with cars.
    - UncleMeat 2y ago
      With the government we have a degree of democratic control over decision-making. We also have laws that limit the degree with which the government can make capricious decisions. Zuck has no such limitations.

bko 2y ago

From the article > CZI plans to donate $50 million to the communities and families affected by the closure, the school said in its note this week. Again, the point is no one is going to experiment if you can't wind it down. I don't know if it's a failure but I know the 300m zuck spent in Newark schools was a huge failure and waste of money and very well documented. If it was a success they would be making a big show and not shutting it down

UncleMeat 2y ago
Right. And I mentioned that in my post. I'm glad that Zuck is doing this but he is not obligated to do so, which is one of the perils of this sort of program funded by billionaires.
- woleium 2y ago
  … or any other funding entity?
  - em-bee 2y ago
    like the government? they better not be shutting down failing schools, leaving the kids in the lurch. but instead they should research why the schools are failing and figure out how to fix the problem. a private entity may not have such an obligation, but we as a society sure do.
    - woleium 2y ago
      i believe many countries went through a period of consolidation where many smaller (failing) schools were closed as the population became more mobile with cars.
  - UncleMeat 2y ago
    With the government we have a degree of democratic control over decision-making. We also have laws that limit the degree with which the government can make capricious decisions. Zuck has no such limitations.