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‘Poor school’ a poor idea
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
February 1, 2011
The aim is to attract children who aren’t performing well in the public school system, and provide them with special supports so they can go on to college or university. While that’s a laudable goal, the way they’re going about it smacks of the kind of misguided Victorian do-goodism that sent poor children to the workhouses. Welland MPP Peter Kormos calls the plan “educational apartheid,” and says it won’t address the root causes of poverty… The way to help kids reach the top is to provide them with appropriate supports within the system — not corral them in separate silos, according to race or economic circumstances.
Tags: ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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