Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19

Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by mensetmanusman on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:52AM (#24421652)

Absolutely this, I bet if you gave each parent a check for $10k (less than what we are spending per student) to spend on education as they see fit, we would have a very different (and more efficient) system.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by quadrifoliate on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:33PM (#24423485)

> I bet if you gave each parent a check for $10k (less than what we are spending per student) to spend on education as they see fit, we would have a very different (and more efficient) system.

Except the special needs students. And the ones with severe physical and learning disabilities. And the ones who have trouble getting food at home. And the ones who don't have school supplies, which the teachers buy out of their own pockets.

Oh, and the free childcare that teachers also provide during the daytime! It's not exactly working out well, now that that's temporarily on hold due to the pandemic.

Brainwaves like this are rarely productive when you think about them in the context of an entire society. But I actually think if you told parents "Here's this $10k, and good luck. The school buildings are going away.", they wouldn't take it.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by mensetmanusman on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:03PM (#24423869)

Then we need a serious discussion as to why we are using the education system to solve food access issues, along with poverty, and support for disabilities.

Once we burden the education system with solving society ills, you fail at the main goal. This is called scope creep.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by quadrifoliate on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:07PM (#24425911)

Yes! I think comprehensive social benefits and putting handling of disabilities and such outside the purview of schools would go a long way towards reducing the amount spent per child.

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