on the other hand weve been trying to make kids learn reading and math for a good century and we seem to have hit the point of diminishing returns https://twitter.com/default_friend/status/1412645676295491587 …
I wish that it were better but I don't see any way of making it better from within. what seems more likely to me to be successful is competitive pressure from greater school choice, by vouchers or other means, which is likely to achieve all of the things you mentioned wanting
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something like this (gesturing around) in retrospect and also many other problems seem almost baked into the public school model with strong teachers unions. so im skeptical they're worth superficially reforming at this point even if you could pull that off
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I /dont/ want to leave everyone stuck in this system, and it seems like the most elegant way to attain this is to make good alternatives so that others who are interested can Exit more easily themselves
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School choice is as likely to lead to Woke, untouchable, charters as anything else. Plus, it's genuinely unfair as the publics have to take the kids no one else wants. And charters still can't and don't scale - if nothing else, unions have to come in to protect teachers.
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no they dont
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“School choice” is one of those “and then a miracle occurs”/“profit!” arguments where the magic of “competition” will somehow produce better outcomes.
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School choice doesn’t produce better outcomes per se as much as arrest flight of the middle classes out of the cities, preserving the tax base. Schools don’t have to be “better” simply places that make parents happier
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