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

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Just kidding. ShortyRob is spot on. They should have spent the 100 million bringing in better parents and students. Thats the only thing that would have made a drastic improvement.

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My middle child's kindergarten class this year was a perfect example. The state of Alabama has a list of requirements that every Kindergartner must know before leaving Kindergarten. They all take an initial evaluation test at the beginning of the year. My child along with 15 of the other 18 children in the class met ALL of the requirements ON ARRIVAL into class. So, the teacher basically just gave those kids the 1st grade stuff. As such, my child, along with most of them a week ago passed ALL of the requirements to finish first grade.

I would love to tell you that this is because the teacher is so much better but hell, she's the equivalent of a football coach with an entire team of 5 star recruits. She'd have to have TRIED to frick it up.