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Mary Perfitt-Nelson
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Rescooped by Mary Perfitt-Nelson from Rethinking the Way We Educate Our Children onto Rethinking Public Education |
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Mary Perfitt-Nelson's insight:
Great article.
"Public schools in the U.S. have always operated at the intersection of two sets of legitimate rights: those of individuals, including parents, to pursue their own best interests and those of society as a whole to perpetuate democratic values and to promote collective prosperity."
What is public ed and why is it important? is it important?
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There is nothing easy about trying to boost academic outcomes for poor kids.
Mary Perfitt-Nelson's insight:
“We cannot fix what’s wrong with our schools until we are prepared to have honest conversations about poverty and race,” Lewis said. “Until we do, we will be mired in the no-excuses mentality [that] poverty doesn’t matter. Poverty matters a lot when you are teaching children who are distracted by their lives. Poverty matters a lot when you are teaching children who have seen trauma like none of us in this room can imagine.” Delete the scoop?
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Great conversation starter. Perhaps it's time to reach consensus on the purpose of public education and on the vision of what it looks like when it is being done well.