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Originally Posted by mlr710
I take issue with #4 and the problem of public education being a result of unions and "education establishment" (whatever that is) - the overwhelming problem with public education is the homes the kids leave in the morning on their way TO school.
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Yes that is ONE of the problems with the "education establishment" another problem is the misuse of funding going to inner city schools. Just because you spend money on new buildings and computers doesn't mean they are spending money to improve what is being taught.
If all you teach is that people of color have been benefited by oppression and the loss of cultural identity in order to survive you are already lowering a child's interest in history. Compile that with teachers that are in the field as a secondary choice of employment that come for mainly suburban area's with little interaction with the students they teach and the environments they come from the problem of educating the children is evident.
Yes parents have a major part in their child's education but most parents as well as make sure their child does their best, also put their faith in an already failing system.
Which leads to problem #4
