• Abnorc@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    2 days ago

    I was lucky to go to relatively good public schools and do some extra classes as well. It’s unfortunate that a good education is locked behind being wealthy enough to live in a good area and additional instruction outside of school, sometimes. This is one of the things that shows that people are not on a level playing field in the US.

    • Sprawl@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      It’s so getting worse too as we continue to defund public education so parents are forced to send their kids to private school, or worse, home school them.

    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      It’s a problem non-white Americans have been talking about for a real long time now. If only we could leverage the Department of Edu- oh