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This is already happening in a significant way. See also: why funding schools with property taxes is objectively evil.

The only mitigating factor is Khan Academy and its surrounding ecosystem. A motivated learner with internet access can excel in spite of the school system.




Ugh, the "incorruptibles" fallacy but in a different format.

"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! So and so came from a violent environment with food scarcity, and THEY succeeded, so you can too!" - Nevermind that that person's environment produces generation after generation of poverty (hence, "cycle") and violence.

Khan Academy mitigates nothing - it's a structural failure.


Tens of millions of students and 240,000 thousand teachers in 50 countries. Hopefully one day I can achieve such failure.

https://khanacademyannualreport.org/

https://www.khanacademy.org/donate




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