They don't have to know how to teach it, they just have to be better than the public schools at teaching it. Having taken Spanish in High School, I can assure you this is a very low bar.
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Also worth pointing out that that $100K tutor can only be hired by families with means. Best way to exacerbate achievement gap.
Unless that's meant to be a feature, not a bug.
The point of the comparison was that taxpayers are already paying more than $100k/year for every 5 children in public school. There are plenty of experienced teachers, PhD students, associate & retired professors who would consider an offer like that.
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Yes, but we're also paying for education of kids w/special needs, ESOL, who may be coming to school w/trauma. Until we address those issues, that's how it's going to be. Some children cost more to educate publicly, some parents have the means to make up the difference themselves.
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And yet I think most of those kids would be considerably better off in a more individualized context with more one-on-one attention. They may benefit even more than the neurotypical/native children from small group tutoring.
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"Best way to exacerbate achievement gap.
Unless that's meant to be a feature, not a bug."
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You are inferring things I am not saying. You may or may not know that I live in an area where our school board race is right now being driven by redistricting issues involving wealthier and poorer school districts. But way to make it about you
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