Thanks for all of these thoughtful responses. Part of my dubious stance may also come from the fact that I'm currently re-watching Season 4 of The Wire. I mean damn. It's so beautifully written and tragic and one of the great questions of our age. I am sitting pretty complaining about being an adjunct in Paris. Thinking of the teachers i…
Thanks for all of these thoughtful responses. Part of my dubious stance may also come from the fact that I'm currently re-watching Season 4 of The Wire. I mean damn. It's so beautifully written and tragic and one of the great questions of our age. I am sitting pretty complaining about being an adjunct in Paris. Thinking of the teachers in the USA dealing with teaching-for-exams, charter schools, etc. is a whole different story. Thanks for waking my brain up in the morning.
One of the best seasons of TV ever. Inequity compounds when you create inequitable conditions (e.g., structural racism) and then tie funding for education (e.g., property taxes) to those conditions.
Thanks for all of these thoughtful responses. Part of my dubious stance may also come from the fact that I'm currently re-watching Season 4 of The Wire. I mean damn. It's so beautifully written and tragic and one of the great questions of our age. I am sitting pretty complaining about being an adjunct in Paris. Thinking of the teachers in the USA dealing with teaching-for-exams, charter schools, etc. is a whole different story. Thanks for waking my brain up in the morning.
One of the best seasons of TV ever. Inequity compounds when you create inequitable conditions (e.g., structural racism) and then tie funding for education (e.g., property taxes) to those conditions.