My takeaway from the NHJ discourse is that America continues to be unreasonably polarized between people who think the only thing that matters is the other students and the only thing that matters is funding. Managing the school is important! slowboring.com/p/why-i-send-…
Why I send my kid to low-income urban public schools

Why I send my kid to low-income urban public schools

Not every school with unfavorable demographics is a dysfunctional mess — policy matters!

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as long as the other students don't stab you, they have little effect on your education. Money spent has little effect. School management has little effect.

Sep 22, 2026 · 5:08 PM UTC

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Setting the teachers on fire might cause issues too.
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Money has little effect but you are very incorrect about the other two points. nber.org/digest/may16/disrup…
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What did you do for your children's education? What would you do?
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My DIL taught at a “failing” school. No discipline. She believed over 1/3rd of the students there wanted to learn, but if a fight broke out learning for the entire class that day was largely lost. 3-5 disruptive students can ruin an entire class’ learning. That is a big problem.
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