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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by wrycoder on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:30AM (#29184748)
We put a ton of money into the schools. It does not get to the right place, and what does is not spent on the traditional basics.

In addition, for several reasons, teachers no longer control their classrooms. They have no authority.

You can’t let students get ahead, because equity, and you can’t give special help, because it looks like condescension.

Everyone’s a winner, everyone graduates.

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by NegativeLatency on Thursday November 11, 2021 @02:03AM (#29185242)
Many school districts have increasingly hired more administrators and the like that aren’t teachers but he payed considerably more.
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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by bobthepanda on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:09AM (#29184960)
depending on where you are, even the capital bill for improving schools is daunting.

NYC, for instance, regularly reports lead paint exposure in schools.

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