So, my reading on homelessness went through it’s relentless list making (I’m currently reading, as I said, a ginormous summary of research in the field of homelessness) when it occurred to me that the big deal with fiscal zoning (a major element of zoning overall) is education. And educational funding is spent in ridiculously inefficient ways. There’s a fair amount of research showing that spending provides a cap on the expression of natural ability. Lots of money spent on educating someone without a great deal of inherent academic potential (as if such an entity were easily measured, but run with it) is wasted. This doubtless occurs with staggering frequency in the richest communities, and most funded schools. <\/p>\n
A homogenous curriculum for heterogeneous students is incredibly stupid. The goal should be to have students pushing the limits of their current ability, continuously, in a variety of fields. This involves adaptive instruction. “oh, you did level x in field y with ease. Try level x+1 or x+2. But you showed no understanding whatsoever of level x in z. We’ll try x-1 or x-2 there.” Hopefully the latter part would happen basically never.<\/p>\n
This thought led to the notion that my policy interests are primarily in things that are at the local\/community level, though with higher level implications (I care about foreign policy, racial\/ethnic and sexual minority policies, interstate commerce, and a variety of other such topics, but they aren’t where I feel I can make a difference). No real application to that thought immediately. Back to reading, hopefully less distracted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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