Status Updates From Ghosts in the Schoolyard: R...

"Neoliberalism (viewing ourselves as consumers instead of citizens + communities) pushes schools to focus on the winners - those exceptional students who will be successful by limited metrics - and to abandon students who might lead to inefficiencies."

Magnet, private + charter schools live this out, as well as property-tax based school funding methods.

"Any enterprise dealing with the care + nurturing of children is likely to be inefficient at times, + striving for efficiency (in public education as well as other contexts) often requires sacrificing things like care, patience, + flexibility."

Even more impactful than my first read-thru several years ago.

Slouching toward bronzeville one page at a time