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[quote=Anonymous][quote]All the things you mention: a dedicated paychologist, multiple social workes, and highly trained teachers in every school are great things that I agree vulnerable kids probably do need. I think everybody would agree that they're beneficial. However, I don't think they're core issues. I think the core issue of school is whether it provides its students with an education. Hypothetically, if a school could give each student their own psychologist, social worker, and highly trained teacher, but still didn't teach him how to read or do basic math I would say it was a "crappy school".

I agree they don't need "crappy for-profit private schools". I also don't think they they need crappy public schools. What they need are schools that produce students who are prepared for the future.[/quote]

You can't get there with school vouchers.  You just can't.  They don't serve the kids getting them and they gut public education for everyone else why they are at it.

The ONLY things demonstrated to work for the highest needs kids are wraparound services that address the core roots of poverty, and school integration.  That's it.  A short list.  The only two things that have ever worked.  [/quote]

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