Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative
by mulletbum on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:39AM
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but that is not feasible for mass majority of people in our society. That is why public offering is so important and that funds aren't diverted from it, because we can give opportunities to all students no matter the financial situation their parents are in.
Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative
by cmdrfred on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:21PM
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It doesn't work out that way though, public schools in wealthy areas are much better than in poor areas.
Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative
by dragonwriter on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:26PM
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Equal funding mandates don't address cost differentials, and poor people often live where key education-related costs are higher (e.g., the cost of getting good teachers to work there, as the areas are less attractive to live and farther to commute from places more attract to live.)
And some states, IIRC, don't even have equal funding mandates to start with.
Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative
by cmdrfred on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:29PM
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I didn't even know some states have an equal funding mandate, where I live the rich kids go to schools that look like castles and the poor kids go to schools with holes in the ceilings.
Re:Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative
by dragonwriter on Friday December 02, 2016 @01:06PM
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Equal funding mandates, where they exist, often address operating funding, not capital costs.
Of course, infrastructure quality effects operating costs, so there is a source of inequality right there.
I honestly think a majority of education dysfunction comes with dual-income scenarios with "extended daycare" - If the children spent more time with their parents, it would help them really "socialize".