Reply #22: I work in a large chicago suburban district. my school is in a poverty pocket, in which

[Gabi Hayes]

there's an abundance of section 8 housing, single family parents, with all the problems attendant therein.

add to that the damage NCLB, with the Obama admin's willing extension of most/all its worst aspects, admirably documented (many thanks to madfloridian and others) at DU, has done to public education, and the formula is clearly leading in the direction TPTB are currently pushing

nice how the corpcreeps here are lying their asses off about how the finns have acheived their apparent successes

god forbid an actually empowered teacher's union participates meaningfully