This Is What Happens When You Criticize Teach for America

[malthaussen]

4. At least three purposes are being served here.

1) Most obviously, it obviates the need to spend money to try to fix the underlying problem.
2) It perpetuates the "good teacher/bad teacher" myth, thus reinforcing the argument for "objective" teacher evaluations.
3) It also perpetuates the ills of the underclass, the throw-away people whom I'm sure most of our rulers would prefer to see shot, except they don't want to pay for the ammo. After all, insisting on a "fix" which is not really a fix at all can do nothing but keep things broken.

-- Mal