[quote=CA renter]And could Preuss get the same outcomes from students with low IQs, SES, etc. if they threw all this money and all of these resources at them? No, they could not. They’ve tried that already and failed.[/quote]Proof? I thought SES + demographic backgrounds are highly correlated to IQ? I’m getting lost trying to follow your contradiction.[/quote]
Again, not exactly sure about what you’re asking for here, but if you’re questioning the experiment with throwing money at poor schools, read this:[/quote]Nope, not just throwing money at the problem. Have Preuss open more schools and fail?[/quote]
Money, resources of various sorts, tutors, exceptional educational infrastructure, special technology, varied curriculum; whatever you want…they’ve tried it and failed. And it has nothing to do with teachers’ unions.
Preuss succeeds only because of three things:
1. Students who have already proven themselves to be high achievers.
2. Parents who are mandated to participate in their child’s education on a variety of levels.
3. Fairly unlimited funding and resources (relatively speaking) from both public and private sources.
*Any* school would have wild success if they could select for these variables. Regular public schools do not have this option; they are mandated to educate every single child who lives in this country, irrespective of that child’s willingness or ability to learn, or of a parent’s willingness or ability to help their child(ren). And they have fewer resources than Preuss does.
