Comments on: Racial Quotas in Public Schools Target the Wrong Problem http://www.bloggernews.net/12693 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: tejón http://www.bloggernews.net/12693#comment-684 tejón Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:34:44 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/12693#comment-684 I strongly agree with you in principle, but I see some pretty hefty social roadblocks to implementing a solution on those grounds. With a big enough political push, especially if a reasonable wad of cash can be funneled into it (celebrity sponsorship?), I can see at least some states going forward with plans to better equalize the quality and funding of public schools. I <em>don't</em> see much chance of convincing the upper-middle-class to approve legislation banning them from donating to the local district. That this even makes a difference is perhaps a reflection on just how poor our educational funding really is, I suppose; regardless, it is a deciding factor in the quality of many neighborhoods' schools. (Sports first, sadly, which <em>further</em> pushes the best academic instruction toward the highest bidder.) I strongly agree with you in principle, but I see some pretty hefty social roadblocks to implementing a solution on those grounds. With a big enough political push, especially if a reasonable wad of cash can be funneled into it (celebrity sponsorship?), I can see at least some states going forward with plans to better equalize the quality and funding of public schools.

I don’t see much chance of convincing the upper-middle-class to approve legislation banning them from donating to the local district. That this even makes a difference is perhaps a reflection on just how poor our educational funding really is, I suppose; regardless, it is a deciding factor in the quality of many neighborhoods’ schools. (Sports first, sadly, which further pushes the best academic instruction toward the highest bidder.)

]]>