re: Zuckerberg Gave NJ $100 Million To Fix Newark's Schools -- It Was Wasted!

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Is lack of space (in quality or quantity) for students the biggest problem with our schools?

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No.

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Seriously I don't know, educate me. I have a 1 year old I need to know.

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Simple. If you are choosing a place to live when your kid is about to go to school, figure out the places you've narrowed it down to and the relevant schools. Park outside the school and wait for the after school bell to ring.

Any half intelligent person can observe this ritual and make a first cut evaluation of the school.

Seriously. As much as I love to give our teacher's unions shite and as much as I do think is wasted by our education system, a GREAT DEAL of what makes a school system good or bad is pretty much the population attending the school.

It's really not unlike coaching. If you didn't allow him to recruit and just gave Saban all the players currently at New Mexico St, his results in the SEC wouldn't be so great. And, if you gave the coach at New Mexico all of Bama's players, his results in his conference would suddenly improve.