Re:Teacher Effects on Student Achievement and Height: A Caut...
by SilasX on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @12:42PM
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>This is why school choice is a key social justice issue of our time
And it's one I have the least hope to see changed, for exactly this reason:
>a ton of parents in Baltimore would love to send their kids to Montgomery County schools, but can’t afford $700k+ for a starter home.
Changing things would require middle/upper-middle class voters to destroy the very thing responsible for half the value of their biggest asset. It's a self-reinforcing problem.
And it's one I have the least hope to see changed, for exactly this reason:
>a ton of parents in Baltimore would love to send their kids to Montgomery County schools, but can’t afford $700k+ for a starter home.
Changing things would require middle/upper-middle class voters to destroy the very thing responsible for half the value of their biggest asset. It's a self-reinforcing problem.