[Platt]
Arlo thinks it would be better to provide "alternate learning
environments" for kids who fail at school without specifying what
those alternate environments might be, who would organize them and
how they would paid for.
[Arlo]
Arlo thinks it would be better to look at why a child is failing,
rather than dismissing him/her as a "loser" or "inferior" or "dumb".
There are many factors that may contribute, giving children with
differing learning styles alternate environments to thrive in may be
one possibility. I said nothing to "who would pay for them" because
it has nothing whatsoever to do with my point. Ultimately all this
must rest on a core value in education held by the individual, the
family and the community. Incessant talk-radio bloviatry about
"vouchers" and the big, bad "guvrmint" schools simply undermines
this, as the cases of Finland and Japan prove beyond any shadow of
doubt. If those who squalk about "school competition" spent half as
much time in our classrooms volunteering or otherwise, maybe many of
these problems would diminish. All one has to do is look to Finland
to see this. But for that to happen, the issue would really have to
be about educational improvement, and not veiled rhetoric.
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