LDale

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by LDale 14y ago
The book you really want for this information is "America's Public Schools: From the Common School to "No Child Left Behind" by education historian William Reese.
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by LDale 14y ago
Assuming an involved parent (with the accumulated educational knowledge/value associated with a proper education of their own) rather than purely an "unschooling" approach (which is increasingly more popular, if risky) - this is likely true
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by LDale 14y ago
A guy named Peter Frase considered this question in Jacobin magazine a while back (link below). His answer pivots around resources availability and social construction. Based on these constructs he developed "Four Futures" as follows: -Egal
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by LDale 14y ago
My primary concern with the privatization of education is not that charters, like KIPP, can't and won't educate students effectively and efficiently. As a teacher I understand that there are many ways in which our educational system can fun
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by LDale 14y ago
They are strong education tools, no doubt - but note that each of them is a support technology for traditional education, not a replacement for it. These success stories could not succeed (or usefully exist) without a well established tradi
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by LDale 14y ago
While the author believes that "the ease, access, convenience and lower cost [offered by online education] appeals to people just about everywhere" the huge - giant - glaring omission here is that education is not so much about enjoyment,
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by LDale 14y ago
Teachers/administrators/schools do not have their funding tied to the improvement of their high-performing students. This is a natural by-product of the Texas model of educational reform (NCLB/Race to the Top/etc.): teachers cannot be trust
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by LDale 14y ago
I disagree - I believe that when these people make such statements as "I never got a job from a poor man" they actually understand, and accept, their low social position in relation to the wealthy. It is a product of an authoritarian mindse
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by LDale 14y ago
As an educator - and long-time HN lurker - I completely agree. The aim of the ed. HN clone is a good one, but the approach is misplaced. I am here entirely due to personal interest; there is very little I read on HN that is in any way immed