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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public employees unions aren't allowed in many parts of the US. They aren't the problem.[b] Poverty is.[/b][/quote]

And there it is.

Countries that have the least amount of economic disparity have the highest percentages of high achieving students. Look at Finland and South Korea. When we deal with poverty, we will solve the education problems, DC is the 4th highest in economic disparity in this country. THAT is the issue.[/quote]

"Are you saying our poor children can't learn?"  It's in quotes because it's not my argument, but it is the one you hear from the reformers when poverty is mentioned.   They just won't consider an educational effect due to poverty it, because it detracts from their argument that the way to improve education  is to destroy unions and hire young idealistic teachers who believe that they can overcome the effects of poverty.

The fact that it hasn't worked and the evidence around the world does not support this theory does not seem to deter them.  Why is that?  Are all these idealists in denial?  Do they stop being idealists after a while and become self-preservationists? Who is helping them to preserve their jobs and their self-image despite no advantage to the poor children they supposedly care so much about?[/quote]

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