How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind

Re:How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind by moorhosj on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @05:46PM (#17667320)

==This fact, combined with Finland's well-known social safety nets leads to the obvious conclusion that you would be hard pressed to find living conditions like those in the slums of Akron/Cleveland in Finland.==

Isn't it possible that Finland's well-known social safety net is at least partially responsible for the lower poverty, income inequality and violent crime rates?

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Re:How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind by toyg on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @06:20PM (#17667601)

It's absolutely the case, no question; but the problem here is that a school model that works in that scenario is unlikely to work in the current American scenario. It's like writing programs for high-level APIs (that will take care of memory, sorting and so on) versus writing programs against the POSIX interface (where you have to basically do everything yourself).

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Re:How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind by ezzzzz on Thursday August 02, 2018 @08:29AM (#17670921)

Yes, and I absolutely agree with the the other reply that such a model would be completely ineffective in the type of neighborhoods LeBron's school is targeting. I hope this model is successful because I think it could greatly benefit under-served communities.

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