Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Poverty and Schools, Part XXI
Mayor Bloomberg wants to spend an additional $150 million per year in a new war on poverty, using a venture capital-like program called the Center for Economic Opportunity. I love this. I especially love how NY Times reporter Diane Cardwell phrased it: "... combating poverty that is hidden beneath New York's vast wealth."
So if we go through with this (hopefully, we can find a way to increase the investment once there is a successful framework in place) and we still have the same number of crappy schools for low-income children to attend, what have we really accomplished?
(One of the ideas being floated involves paying kids to stay in school, which seems like a horrible idea if it means keeping them in a school that isn't as good as we need it to be.)
So if we go through with this (hopefully, we can find a way to increase the investment once there is a successful framework in place) and we still have the same number of crappy schools for low-income children to attend, what have we really accomplished?
(One of the ideas being floated involves paying kids to stay in school, which seems like a horrible idea if it means keeping them in a school that isn't as good as we need it to be.)
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