I don't mind if you repost it but keep AWF out of it so NO LINK. They are in no way responsible for what I said which is of course going to make heads spin. Also, don't mention me by name either. I don't need to be harassed by people who disagree with me so they think that I should be cancelled.
What I summarized earlier is the "conversation" we should be having. WHAT help has any of the billions thrown at the "problem" done? Sometimes, the best thing to do is nothing. But in all cases, when the government institutes a new program, controls should be included to track the effect. Plus, EVERY program that spends money needs to have an expiration date. If it is working, it can be refunded. We have government program on top of program on top of program. The morass is so complicated, you need a specialist to even identify what programs you might benefit from or even be eligible for. Even the Republicans fall into voting for bills that "feel" good regardless of existing legislation that also "feels" good but has in fact done harm rather than good.
There is absolutely no reason that inner city schools cannot educate our children. One thing that might perk them up is if elected politicians and all city department heads were required to send their children to the worst performing school in their town. Also, if you "represent" Bridgeport, you AND your family actually need to live in Bridgeport. No more of this - rules for thee but not for me business. I'm tired of being a second class citizen in my own country.
One more thing about education. I spent 13 years teaching my grandchildren to speak in grammatically correct sentences since their teachers did not. They went into kindergarten speaking perfect (for their age) English and it was a running battle for the next 13 years to stop them from saying "like" as every third word. We won't talk about the double negatives and constant misuse of case for pronouns and confusion between adjectives and adverbs. It wasn't as much of a battle for my daughter because teachers still corrected grammar (usually) when she was in school. When you go out into the world, if you sound uneducated, you will not even be considered for most positions so you start behind the eight ball. School is not about trophies. It is about learning. Correcting a child in public does not diminish a child's self esteem unless the teacher chooses to be cruel and taunting or targets specific class members or allows others in the class to be cruel. If a teacher simply corrects without judgment each mistake, they become fewer and fewer and the whole class benefits. But, these days, teachers sound as illiterates as the students they promote to the next grade.
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