tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post1054232064029358951..comments2023-12-18T01:01:57.910-08:00Comments on Modern School: Top 10 Censored Education Stories of the DecadeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-12176338077972163762011-04-09T14:05:41.848-07:002011-04-09T14:05:41.848-07:00Imposing a religious expectation (e.g., two-parent...Imposing a religious expectation (e.g., two-parent family) is not an expedient solution to the wealth gap. First, we already have such a system. Married couples enjoy all sorts of legal benefits that unmarried couples, gay couples and single parents are denied. This has existed for years, yet the wealth gap has grown. Secondly, there is no incentive for being a single parent, unless it is to avoid being in an abusive relationship with the other parent. Having two (or more) parents makes child rearing much easier, while increasing the odds of having enough income. The only "incentive" I can imaging you're talking about is welfare, which is not an incentive at all, but a scrap to help desperate people not be quite so desperate.<br /><br />Any solution to the wealth gap must involve limiting the acquisition of wealth by the rich and an increase in wealth by everyone else. This was working slowly in fifties and sixties as a result of progressive taxation and relatively high taxes on the rich, combined with gains by labor through the unions in terms of wage increases and pensions.Anonimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040156020859417287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-51401619641032289592011-04-08T20:27:39.845-07:002011-04-08T20:27:39.845-07:00Incentivizing intact, 2-parent families and disinc...Incentivizing intact, 2-parent families and disincentivizing single parenthood would be a good start to decreasing the wealth gap.<br /><br />Currently American culture does the reverse, and therefore it too would require a social revolution.Blaque Freudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-28178506714814577452011-04-06T15:46:02.506-07:002011-04-06T15:46:02.506-07:00There is a correlation between single parenthood a...There is a correlation between single parenthood and poverty (e.g., two parents working can usually earn more money than one).<br /><br />To truly bring people up out of poverty will require a social revolution in which the rich are stripped of their power and their wealth is redistributed more equitably. Short of that, there are many reforms that could reduce and limit the wealth gap. For example, taxes for the wealthy have been declining steadily. They currently pay less taxes than they did under Reagan. Increase taxes on the rich and use that to fund social services that benefit lower income people (e.g., housing subsidies, free and universal health care, subsidized education and job training).Anonimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040156020859417287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-86264439509985564372011-04-05T18:46:57.426-07:002011-04-05T18:46:57.426-07:00" Technology, like teacher quality, privatiza..." Technology, like teacher quality, privatization, tenure and unions, is just another red herring that allows us to overlook the overwhelming cause of low student achievement: poverty. Bring families out of poverty and we’ll see dramatic improvements in student achievement, with or without fancy technology."<br /><br />1. How to do that?<br />2. Is there a correlation between single parenthood and poverty?Blaque Freudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-9668557979081147892011-01-05T07:46:03.665-08:002011-01-05T07:46:03.665-08:00It's really hard to tell how many people oppos...It's really hard to tell how many people oppose NCLB and to what extent. I've never met a teacher who supported it and plenty do speak out. In fact, teachers are notorious complainers. The real problem is that few are willing to act out to oppose it, especially our unions, which have spoken out impotently and then collaborated with the state to implement NCLB, despite their "opposition."Anonimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040156020859417287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-42837721610792692142011-01-04T22:49:24.281-08:002011-01-04T22:49:24.281-08:00...shared by the majority of who? informed people?......shared by the majority of who? informed people? yes. but, unfortunately, the information is still missing a lot of folks...and teachers are still scared to speak out.<br /><br />what a horror to watch such destruction....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-12712188008347267402011-01-04T20:30:51.070-08:002011-01-04T20:30:51.070-08:00NCLB is pretty rotten and I think the sentiment is...NCLB is pretty rotten and I think the sentiment is shared by the majority.Anonimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040156020859417287noreply@blogger.com