Chicago Teachers Strike

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Canada did that to our native peoples for generations, and while we are now starting to realize the harm that we did, and are trying to find ways to undo it, it is an uphill battle.

What ways have you found so far, and which ones have been most effective? Who or what is battling against it?

teaching students who think learning is important is much easier than teaching those who don't... and those values are instilled and reinforced outside of the school system by family and community far more loudly than they are by the school.

How should society solve this problem? Do you have some good ideas?

But it is really easy to make a few bold statements about education and turn it in to a political football.

That's a bold statement. Seriously though, if people are shouted down or ridiculed for presenting factual statements, or even expressing an opinion, they're not going to be drawn into the consensus and be part of the solution. That's part of the painful process of having a public discourse about the problem.