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+1. Very few people in this country understand the blacklisting public schools have gotten in the name of privatization, when the core problem has always been, and will always be, poverty. No matter how much we test kids, cut recess, or fire teachers, the rich kids will always do better than the poor ones. But it's easier to pretend poverty doesn't exist than work to make an equal society, especially in a society as individualistic as ours.[/quote]

NP here but I agree that the issue is our country expects public schools to solve all the problems of poverty. [/quote]

Actually I think the issue is that our country claims to expect public schools to solve all the problems of poverty. If our country actually expected this, our country would provide public schools with a lot more resources, and a wider range of resources. And our country certainly wouldn't allow public school funding to be primarily based on local property taxes from areas that are segregated by income.[/quote]

Title One schools get more more but it's up to the schools themselves to decide how that money is spent. No amount of money in the world can change the mindset of poverty. I teach in one of these schools and the pressure to be everything for these kids is intense. The only reason I don't burn out is summer vacation. If there was no long break from it, I couldn't do it. I have my own kids and I cannot teach and be the savior of other people's children too. Nobody expects you to do that in UMC schools. You are just expected to teach. I can't be someone's mother, family, counselor, psychologist, college counselor, etc.  That's why schools like mine have such high turnover. This kind of work is for young people who don't have other time commitments. I stay because I get paid significantly more and I need the money for tuition for my kids. [/quote]

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