When Ford made the startling discovery of a gas tank defect in their soon-to-be-released Pinto in the 1970s, they forged ahead. Millions of dollars had already been invested — it was too late to turn back.
Our education system is a Ford Pinto, and the powers that be don’t want us looking under the hood. Will we forge ahead with investing in an inferior product?
Every further dollar invested into this fatally-flawed system is a missed opportunity to have a conversation about how to reform our education system. It is government’s role to prove that the dollar they take out of your pocket is better spent by them than by yourself. Thus far, it has not met that burden of proof.
More than half of Colorado students are not currently reading, writing or doing math at grade level, and those results are even more disastrous for low-income, black and brown students across the state.
See the full article by Sage Neumann, October 7, 2022