Re:More parents, students saying 'no' to homework
by Afton on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @04:31PM
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I feel like everyone in this thread should go watch season 4 of the The Wire. There is a lot of relevant work there, including the various pressures on, and requirements of the educational system.
tl:dr; Teacher's can only ever be a part of a solution to the complicated educational needs of our society. And given what we're willing to spend, they can't even be a particularly effective part in poorer parts of the country.
Re:More parents, students saying 'no' to homework
by yummyfajitas on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @05:50PM
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go watch season 4 of the The Wire...And given what we're willing to spend...
Ironically, Baltimore spends quite a lot ($15k/student) on schools. Apparently only NYC (among the top 100 districts) spends more.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-05-21/news/bs-md-ci-ce...
"In spite of what we're willing to spend..." would be a better phrasing.
Re:More parents, students saying 'no' to homework
by Afton on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @06:01PM
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I think that it's pretty obvious that simply 'money' isn't the solution to our educational needs. There are lots of ways of spending money that won't change outcomes, and probably several that would.
But I'm anti-school in general (note: not anti-teacher), so the whole point of this side of the argument misses my interests.
Well, that sounds like a way to make more future criminals. Maybe send the police officer to the parents instead. If the goal is to systematize the production of healthy, non-broken adults, we want to get those children more of a healthy environment, and less of an unhealthy one—send those police officers to watch the parents, and boot them out if they're making their child dysfunctional. (Really, if we had as many social workers as we had teachers, a lot of things about lower-class life could be fixed.)