Reply #31: Sounds familiar. [View All]

[LWolf]

The current system and schedule is grueling and stressful. If we wanted to be more effective, we would enlarge classrooms, reduce class sizes, and invest in a longer school year (not day.) That costs more money, though, than test-bullying.

We'd also invest in some community infrastructure to address the greatest factors involved in school achievement, which are parent ed levels and socio-economic levels.

You know; things like poverty, health care, jobs, living wages. Those cost tons more than standardized tests, too.