from the article “ They are less likely to have support at home”
no home. fix this. these kids are homeless. welfare mom don’t care f***ing bf and smokin dope. next kid sorry repeat. and this ain’t a black thing. its white hispanic urban crap.
She admits the problem with her own argument: “So what do my students need, then? Access to the same funding, opportunities, and “exceptions” afforded to privileged, affluent students.... A growing number of children start kindergarten already trailing their more privileged peers and rarely, if ever, catch up. They are less likely to have support at home, are less frequently exposed to enriching activities outside of school, and are more likely to drop out and never attend college.” They are, overall, less likely to succeed.”
So we throw all this funding and opportunity at them, and it’s wasted because it’s not supported at home. At least she’s not asking for much. Just “A Society”...
“They need a society and educational system designed to actually meet their needs, instead of a society that passes laws to keep them constantly underfoot and an educational system designed to test them to death and tell them how they are inadequate instead of educating them.”