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[eirias]

Interesting article on an educational experiment, wherein one school was converted to several smaller schools under the same roof. The benefits and drawbacks of this arrangement are predictable, and it's surprising to me that nobody thought of them in advance.

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[roamin-umpire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this one does seem rather obvious. But this is what happens when a person or group with lots of resources and energy starts out in a field in which they have little to no experience - obvious things get overlooked. The Gates Foundation also is in a big rush, which doesn't help.

It would seem to me they could pool resources some anyway. In fact, they almost certainly did - I highly doubt, for example, they had five school nurses.

Ah, well. Chalk it up as a learning experience, if nothing else...

... except, of course, that the kids at the school during the staff's learning process get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.