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Re:High-quality schools can increase academic achievement am... by croon on Thursday May 31, 2018 @07:11AM (#17195456)
> Not likely. My sister teaches in a magnate school in a poor urban U.S. district.

Couldn't we draw the conclusion then that wealth plays an important role? Which in turn also affects the pay of the teachers in the area, also affecting the quality of said teachers?

> It's very depressing, and it has left many teachers bitter, burned out, and I suspect more racist.

I'm not disagreeing with what you're saying, but what I think is depressing is that it leads to racism, instead of anger over systemic inequality.

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Re:High-quality schools can increase academic achievement am... by your-nanny on Thursday May 31, 2018 @08:21AM (#17195738)
The teachers who can't hack it, or don't care enough to stay at the bad schools leave. Good riddance, right? Most of the teachers at bad schools I've met are good teachers.
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Re:High-quality schools can increase academic achievement am... by emodendroket on Thursday May 31, 2018 @09:47AM (#17196239)
Wealth is highly predictive of educational attainment but I think there is more going on than just how much they can pay the teachers.
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