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Re: How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind

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Post by danans » Fri, Aug 03, 2018, 4:36 PM UTC

pbreit wrote: post #439

danans wrote: post #256

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Non-charter/magnet publicly funded schools cannot select/reject children based on their demographics or aptitude. The most they can do is have a preference based on locality or the presence of a sibling in the school - which can and does introduce its own selection bias. Ultimately, the public school system has to serve students who have been excluded from more selective schools, otherwise you end up as a society whe…

I don’t see how that prevents them from improving education.

If you can select students who come from more better environments (magnet/charter schools), you don't need to spend a considerable amount of resources to manage/treat the social issues that accompany students from worse environments. The latter is what public schools that serve poorer communities have to deal with.

Re: How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind

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Post by erikpukinskis » Fri, Aug 03, 2018, 8:46 PM UTC

gizmo686 wrote: post #422

erikpukinskis wrote: post #173

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It’s an appeal to the authority of the economics establishment. Because Sen. Warren doesn’t teach at one of few named Economics institutions she is not allowed to speak on matters of economics.

Nokinside made an appeal to authority when he described Senator Warren's qualifications. BurningFrog is arguing that that is not correct because Senator Warren is not an authority in the first place. You could still argue that she is correct; but (assuming BurningFrog's judgements on her qualifications), that arguement must be on the merits of her arguements, not her qualifications.

She is qualified to speak on the matter. not as a credentialed economist, but as a legal scholar and a legislator.

Re: How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind

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Post by akhilcacharya » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 5:27 AM UTC

satsuma wrote: post #225

akhilcacharya wrote: post #195

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I don't think you're losing anything in low-skill jobs like that by not working a continuous 3 months instead of 3 weeks at a time.

places definitely don't want to expend resources hiring someone for three weeks just to have them leave, then come back, in a cycle. they want 3 months all in a row.

I mean, you could say that about co-op programs that mandate a single employer as well.

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Post by dkonofalski » Mon, Aug 06, 2018, 6:59 PM UTC

orwin wrote: post #453

soperj wrote: post #436

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Common core and teachers wages dependent on standardized testing is nuts.

Do america's teacher wage depends on the child result to a standardized test?

No, they're exaggerating. Some school funds are dependent on testing results. The better a school performs, the more funding they get from federal programs (some, not all). To say that teachers' wages are dependent on the results of these tests is just disingenuous.