[UC] So much for nice new buildings being transformative

2011-09-23 Thread Krfapt
From philly.com (Inky/DN) Student shot outside West Philly High Student is wounded near West Philly High A West Philadelphia High School student was shot in his forearm during a large fight near the school about 4:20 p.m. yesterday. Police watched surveillance footage of the incident,

Re: [UC] So much for nice new buildings being transformative

2011-09-23 Thread Glenn
New school construction, as education reform, has long been a method to funnel money to the construction industry, while distracting from the ongoing destruction of public education. I visited a primary school in the Ashanti kingdom, in modern day Ghana . It was a large hut with a dirt