> not supposed to think about this

Not supposed to think about it according to whom? Who's telling you that? Why are you listening to him?

The US has some of the best public schools in the world. The US also tops the world on spending per student, especially in poorly performing areas. The education crisis disappears when you control for demographics.

It's right to notice that and remains right no matter how much pushback you get from people who've been pushing the same broken solutions for 50 years.

Congratulations for adopting an independent perspective here. We need more of you.

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senordevnyc 5 days ago | parent [-]

Sounds like we need to spend even more on those “demographics” to get their performance up!

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rootusrootus 5 days ago | parent [-]

Are you serious? Because I've heard it argued that this is one of the fundamental differences in the approach between left and right. The left thinks money can solve all problems if we just spend more of it in the right place. The right thinks there is a cultural problem to be solved.

I'm generally quite progressive but I am beginning to appreciate that the right may have a good argument.

	▲	dmbche 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What do you think you mean with "cultural problem to be solved" that doesn't involve "putting money in the right place"?
	▲	3cKU 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> The right thinks there is a cultural problem to be solved. That's also the left. The right holds the differences are genetic, not likely to change, and the only problem to solve is how to keep them out of the country.