there is some truth to this but this is the reasoning that gave us busing and it didn't work all that well...
Dana On 10/5/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > So children of MW earners will be rubbing shoulders with kids of > millionaires? > > Levels the playing field doesn't it. Question is will it bring the > > poor people up or the rich people down? Admission standards might keep > > I'm gonna assume there will be some uppage and some downage. In the > short run, it'll probably cause more problems than it solves. It'd be > nice if it worked in the long run. Since I don't have any better ideas.... > > > the good schools up but those standards might open a whole new can of > > worms. Like prepping to meet the standards might be an expensive > > course or tutor. Just some quick thoughts. > > This would be (theoretically) a short-term problem. Eventually, you'll > get poor kids who came up through the system in what were traditionally > rich-kid schools. The real divider is going to be more on the level of > transportation, which would preclude students from even *arriving* at > the "nicer" schools and access to technology, which (one would hope) > could be balanced by spending a bit more on our library systems. > > I went to HS in one of the poorest places in the US (5th district KY). > There are scholarships and grants based on simply living there -- that's > how poor. At a certain point in the past, the schoolboard at the time > decided that exposing kids to technology was the only way to keep them > from being unemployed shmucks 20 years later. Sure, I went to class > with kids who are gonna be unemployed, drunken schmucks, but I also had > classes with hillbillies and rednecks who wanted more. They had a way > out, and a lot of them grabbed on with both hands. > > In any case, the schools that will tend to have the *really* steep > gradient will continue to be private schools. I'm not knocking private > schools, mind -- I'm just saying. > > Not that education is my main political issue or anything. :-) > > --Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176015 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
