Some day, our descendants are going to look back at all of this and think “What the hell were they thinking???!!!”.
Most people agree that the best way to get kids to read isn’t by threatening to take away their lunch.
But this proposal from an Arkansas state Representative is really no crueler than our nationwide federal policy of test and punish.
Rep. Alan Clark, a West Memphis Republican, proposed a bill that would cut lunch funding for impoverished children in state schools where students struggle with standardized reading tests.
If passed, the bill would reduce a district’s National School Lunch funding – a state funding mechanism not to be confused with the federal program of the same name – if student test scores don’t rise over a period of time.
It’s obviously unfair.
Only a monster would think you can incentivize reading comprehension by threats and coercion.
It’s like saying “You’d better understand this complex puzzle OR ELSE!”
Learning doesn’t work that way.
But Clark sees things from a…
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