Just had this realization:

“The fundamental flaw in the reformy ed argument is that it conflates social mobility with income inequity.

These are separate issues, and while reforminess most likely won't increase social mobility, it certainly won't solve income inequity.” https://twitter.com/jerseyjazzman/status/1385931015928098818

On the same topic:

“The supposed lack of “skills” among American workers reflects the country’s intergenerational poverty crisis, the brutal cost of higher education, the inaccessibility of quality and affordable child and health care...” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-low-skill-worker/618674/

Ed reform is “pull yourself up by bootstraps 2.0” that demonizes teachers and schools to avoid dealing with larger systemic barriers.

Reform aims to “educationalize” and individualize social problems rather than deal with them as communities.

Students become consumers in need of a better product to increase their social capital.

The family is now a firm, forced to continually seek competitive advantages. https://twitter.com/mrgmpls/status/1377642416153432072