2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Flipping The Script: Questions For Sanders Supporters [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)I have to guess you don't know how horrible most inner city public schools are. I have a few friends that have taught, and kids are passed forward to graduation with only basic to no reading and writing skills. They are severely overcrowded and extremely unsafe and totally underfunded compared to schools outside the city. They have been in crises for a couple of generations, and the courts have struck down attempts to distribute money more fairly. (Citing some kids did indeed have to flip burgers)
It is no where near a matter of choice for the kids to "set goals and work to meet them, it is not society's job to force them."
Many of us urban dwellers noticed immediately that the emphasis on college only was going to leave a lot of great kids way behind.