Quote (fender @ Jun 30 2023 12:09pm)
here's a thought: how about fixing the gap in school quality first, how about raising the quality of schools in predominantly black areas first, to at least give everyone the same CHANCE at achieving academic success?
oh right, that's not a result of decades of discrimination and a resulting massive racial wealth gap, that's just a "culture" issue to the usual hacks - since overt and explicit discrimination is technically illegal, the problem is obviously "fixed"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ciwjHVHYg
schools can get an overhaul just dont expect it to put as big of a dent in the stats as you might want. most of the gap comes from lack of education in the home pre-kindergarten through elementary school. the greatest factor of success we have is # of books read to a child. my wife works in low income and donates books home to parents, they collect dust while the iPad never leaves the charger unless for a car ride and the kid never leaves the couch.
the most effectual option wouldnt be increased teacher pay nor lower # of kids per teacher, but after school programs to substitute the lack of home education most low income kids receive. as well as more state subsidized quality child care.