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In this week\u2019s School of Thought<\/em> blog, Andrew Rotherham discusses the disparities in public education across the country.\u00a0 If the goal of the Occupy movement is to improve social mobility, then there is \u201cno better example of how the system is rigged against millions of Americans than the education our children receive\u2026today zip codes remain a better predictor of school quality and subsequent opportunities than smarts or hard work.\u00a0 When you think about it, that\u2019s a lot more offensive to our values than a lightly regulated banking system.<\/p>\n

Rotherham presents the data on the \u201cincome-based gap\u201d between rich and poor kids\u2019 achievement: only 8% of low income students get college degrees by age 24, while 75% of affluent kids do.\u00a0 No one wants to take responsibility, and no one knows which variable to blame.\u00a0 The problem is too little money, or too much money with little return, or poverty, or poor curriculums and lax standards, or too much unionization, or\u2026the list goes on.<\/p>\n

Since politicians refuse to take firm stands on any education issue, we then have \u201cphony wars about teacher pay or No Child Left Behind that dance around the real issues,\u201d claims Rotherham.\u00a0 Additionally, he draws linkages between the quality of public schools and unemployment rates:\u00a0 Michigan and Massachusetts have both seen huge disruptions in their economies, but their unemployment rates are drastically different (11.1% in Michigan, 7.3% in Massachusetts, with the national average at 9.1%).\u00a0 He claims the difference in unemployment is due to the high-quality schools across Massachusetts, which helps the state attract technology companies and other new industries.<\/p>\n

The \u201csad irony\u201d of Occupy Wall Street, he says, is that teachers\u2019 unions are supporting it.\u00a0 Though the unions are not the \u201conly cause of our educational problems,\u201d they are \u201cnot doing enough to fix them\u2026in ways large and small, they defend practices and policies\u2026that disadvantage low-income students.\u201d\u00a0 His advice?\u00a0 The Occupiers should take their outrage to their local school districts\u2019 offices.\u00a0 Though schools do not generally engender such visceral reactions as corporate CEOs, \u201cfor many Americans, they are a larger cause of economic injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read the full post, please visit http:\/\/ideas.time.com\/2011\/11\/17\/forget-wall-street-go-occupy-your-local-school-district\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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