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It’s also fraught because schools will spend increasingly large fractions of the time preparing kids for tests instead of teaching them anything.
by amluto 5mo ago
It’s also fraught because schools will spend increasingly large fractions of the time preparing kids for tests instead of teaching them anything.
- pelagicAustral 5mo agoWasn't this the plot of the Wire season 3 or something?
- Novosell 5mo agoIt is one part of the plot that focuses on inner city schooling in season 4 :)
- SpicyLemonZest 5mo agoDoesn't this whole story suggest that the aversion to "preparing kids for tests" was wrong? The UC system changed its admissions policies to help kids who weren't prepared for tests, and now they have a bunch of students who don't seem to have been taught anything despite their high grades.