There are a significant number of assumptions going into the idea being pushed here. From school funding structures to drivers of school performance to drivers of life outcomes. The opening to video draws incredibly poor similarities of government services by community to private sector delivered necessities in a community. Daycare, grocery stores, etc. People are not paying tax to fund these activities directly. They do for Schools, Fire, Libraries, etc, all of the services provided by a local government entity. The community college analogy is incredibly weak here. Parents living in poverty needing to transport their child to a different community is not the same as an adult choosing where they want to attend school. Furthermore, the funding associated with that change is also significantly different. Perhaps the structural approach to education should be changed and become more malleable to better meet the holistic needs of the student?
If you allow students in public schools to attend different schools in the district and force an application process on the parents, how different is that from private schools or charter schools?
i'd say the system wouldnt really affect kids already assigned to that school, the school would have to make space for THOSE kids based on address, butgive other kdis a chance to get in from outside in a charter school like lottery. the chacne is there, and i think that is what matters
It was the case in Poland x years ago, but not anymore. You can send your kids wherever you want them to go, but they will have priority admission to the local school. Whatever happens, the local school has to create space for the local kids. The other schools can, but are not obliged to do so. A lot of extra classes were created for fresh immigrants, mostly Ukrainian refugees.
my mom divorced when i was in 7th grade, and still stayed in the same town just 10min away, but i would have needed to change middle schools bc of these dumb zones. i'd already been through 4 different elementary schools, and she didnt see it fair, and neither did her ex husband. every morning i went to his house and left for school there until i finished middle school and went to the all district highschool. crazy to think that was illegal.
Why don't we have a K-12 Unschooling Reading List? What if a really good reading list might show how irrelevant school is? 100 books for kindergarten, 200 for 1st grade, 300 for 2nd grade, etc. That would come to just over 9000 books. The Tyranny of Words (1938) by Stuart Chase I could have read that in high school. We read George Orwell's Animal Farm. Orwell mentioned Chase in an essay about politics. That book is better than Animal Farm. Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics by Stan Gibilisco I wish I had something like that in 7th grade.
@@MrPDTaylor I heard about General Semantics because of Robert Heinlein and struggled through Science and Sanity long before I ever heard of The Tyranny of Words by Stuart Chase. You after wonder about this society considering what information gets buried under drivel.
It's racism. I just saved you 8 minutes. The fight against desegregation never ended, they just found a way to do it based on economics, which is usually falls on racial lines. Also, the funding of school by property taxes further entrench the disparities.
I only now found out about this... It is such a wild idea that depending on where you live, your kids are forced to go to one school or another.
Agreed! Pretty shocking that in 2023 address and income are the main drivers of public school assignment in America.
There are a significant number of assumptions going into the idea being pushed here. From school funding structures to drivers of school performance to drivers of life outcomes.
The opening to video draws incredibly poor similarities of government services by community to private sector delivered necessities in a community. Daycare, grocery stores, etc. People are not paying tax to fund these activities directly. They do for Schools, Fire, Libraries, etc, all of the services provided by a local government entity.
The community college analogy is incredibly weak here. Parents living in poverty needing to transport their child to a different community is not the same as an adult choosing where they want to attend school. Furthermore, the funding associated with that change is also significantly different.
Perhaps the structural approach to education should be changed and become more malleable to better meet the holistic needs of the student?
If you allow students in public schools to attend different schools in the district and force an application process on the parents, how different is that from private schools or charter schools?
For one, it's still a public school, so parents don't have to pay. Transportation might cost more, though.
i'd say the system wouldnt really affect kids already assigned to that school, the school would have to make space for THOSE kids based on address, butgive other kdis a chance to get in from outside in a charter school like lottery. the chacne is there, and i think that is what matters
Another well made video, thank you for putting these out!
Glad you enjoyed it! School choice is so important!
It was the case in Poland x years ago, but not anymore. You can send your kids wherever you want them to go, but they will have priority admission to the local school. Whatever happens, the local school has to create space for the local kids. The other schools can, but are not obliged to do so. A lot of extra classes were created for fresh immigrants, mostly Ukrainian refugees.
Interesting to hear how other countries approach school choice. Thanks for sharing
my mom divorced when i was in 7th grade, and still stayed in the same town just 10min away, but i would have needed to change middle schools bc of these dumb zones. i'd already been through 4 different elementary schools, and she didnt see it fair, and neither did her ex husband. every morning i went to his house and left for school there until i finished middle school and went to the all district highschool. crazy to think that was illegal.
Why don't we have a K-12 Unschooling Reading List?
What if a really good reading list might show how irrelevant school is?
100 books for kindergarten, 200 for 1st grade, 300 for 2nd grade, etc. That would come to just over 9000 books.
The Tyranny of Words (1938) by Stuart Chase
I could have read that in high school. We read George Orwell's Animal Farm. Orwell mentioned Chase in an essay about politics. That book is better than Animal Farm.
Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics by Stan Gibilisco
I wish I had something like that in 7th grade.
Thanks for sharing!
The Tyranny of Words is one of my top ten books! So glad to hear it's still being read by others.
@@MrPDTaylor
I heard about General Semantics because of Robert Heinlein and struggled through Science and Sanity long before I ever heard of The Tyranny of Words by Stuart Chase.
You after wonder about this society considering what information gets buried under drivel.
I love when I get to know what’s really going on and what isn’t shown in the news
Well done. Justin Toops
Thanks for watching!
Rank 1 in America had no idea how to serve the needs of a student who grew up a 25 minute drive away.
Don’t even need to watch this, just “Yes” 🙋🏼♂️
Time to scrap these discriminatory lines.
The real solution is end the war on drugs.
It's racism. I just saved you 8 minutes. The fight against desegregation never ended, they just found a way to do it based on economics, which is usually falls on racial lines. Also, the funding of school by property taxes further entrench the disparities.