[lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 28 21:18:14 PST 2011


On Jan 28, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> Miles: "The problem we need to focus on is poverty, not the school system."
>
> [WS:] Was not the school system - or rather education - supposed to be the
> solution of poverty? And as such, did not it fail rather miserably?
>
>
> But I agree with you - the problem is the social conditions that make
> students unavailable for learning. Focus on the school system is getting it
> all backwards.

Wait a minute, guys - poverty is very important, but schools are too.



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