Re:Evidence on Poverty Traps from Rural Bangladesh [pdf]
by sul_tasto on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @08:36AM
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In my experience, providing “a high quality education for all” just isn’t possible, because it’s dependent upon what caliber of students are in the classroom. Stipulating an equal distribution of ability levels doesn’t raise all boats, it drags the most capable students down. What I don’t understand is why it’s often considered acceptable to disregard the needs of strong students. Don’t they also have a right to be challenged in the classroom?
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Re:Evidence on Poverty Traps from Rural Bangladesh [pdf]
by ModernMech on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:09PM
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In my experience education has been defunded for decades while wealth inequality has been exacerbated. One only has to look at the fact that the inheritance tax is indexed to inflation, while the minimum wage and teacher expense deduction aren't to understand where our national priorities are. I'm not willing to say "a high quality education for all just isn’t possible" until we've invested equivalent resources into education as waging war. Imagine if our education budget was $700 billion annually. What could be possible?