• ashok36@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Until public schools in America are funded evenly and without dependence on how much tax base the surrounding community generates, it will never be merit based.

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        1 year ago

        Only because you misunderstand what merit is. Merit isn’t some measure of intrinsic abilities, a thought experiment of what would we get if every kid had the same schooling. It is a measure of what they are as they are.

        Additionally, all schools funded equally would be a disaster so be glad that will never happen.