Tuesday, January 30, 2018

"If it's not good enough for my child, then why are we putting any children in those schools?"

I'm thinking about two things tonight.

One is this interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones from last year:
And I say this — and it always feels weird when I say it as a parent, because a lot of other parents look at you a little like you're maybe not as good of a parent — I don't think she's deserving of more than other kids. I just don't. I think that we can't say "This school is not good enough for my child" and then sustain that system. I think that that's just morally wrong. If it's not good enough for my child, then why are we putting any children in those schools?

And the other is this chart of the ten largest majority Chapter 70 districts and the state average spending compared to minimum required spending.

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