[lbo-talk] Joanne Barkin: Poverty and US International School Rankings

[Michael Pollak]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Doug Henwood wrote:


> The OECD says that U.S. schools do a worse job compensating for poverty 
> than do other countries'. A major reason is the dependence on local 
> funding, which reinforces rather than counters inequities.

That makes perfect sense.  And it also suggests an explanation for why our 
high scores are so high (which surprised me): that local funding amplifier 
works in both directions.

Michael