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01 Jul 09
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I've seen many tweets, for example, spreading the "gospel" that only education can solve poverty. I find this odd because if there is one overwhelming predictor of school failure in the US, it is poverty.
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- what are we doing today?
- Consider what might change if those who spend a fortune daily promoting charter schools and Teach for America were to instead fund - Andrew Carnegie-style - free broadband access across America?
- Or if our governments poured money into finally constructing schools NOT based in Henry Barnard's 1848 advice?
- Or if teacher training institutions became completely free? And were completely re-thought?
- Or if graduates of our public schools were guaranteed free post-secondary training?
- Or if every school was paired with a local health system to help students get and stay healthy?
- Or if U.S. Labor laws were changed to require "Family Living Wages" and paid time off so parents might spend time with their children.
- Or if we finally threw out that "Committee of Ten" curriculum and adopted a project and interest based approach to education?
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