Farm aid 30th anniversary

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

we need more money in education, and we need to expand the school year.
poor kids lose more ground than the rest of the students each summer...they fall further and further behind every school year.
so just think if we had school with a week break now and then? and yes, we could afford it!!
it almost makes me wonder if portions of the govt or their funders just want to have a huge, poor class--they sure aren't competition if they have no chance to get in the race.

I think the best thing we could do to improve schools is to integrate them. We don't like to, because busing costs money and (understandably) parents don't love the idea of a kid having to travel an hour or more to and from school and (less understandably, but no less true), people are racist. But the areas that do make a commitment to diversifying schools really do see the benefits.

This is a long article about Louisville's school district, but well worth the time to read.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...gation/388532/

(Note: I live in NYC, which has some of the most segregated schools in the nation)

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I think the best thing we could do to improve schools is to integrate them. We don't like to, because busing costs money and (understandably) parents don't love the idea of a kid having to travel an hour or more to and from school and (less understandably, but no less true), people are racist. But the areas that do make a commitment to diversifying schools really do see the benefits.

This is a long article about Louisville's school district, but well worth the time to read.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...gation/388532/

(Note: I live in NYC, which has some of the most segregated schools in the nation)

we are so lazy...
oh, we did that for a bit, but it's haaaard. sigh and yeah, it works when you do it.