Instead of funding high-quality tutoring programs or other programs that benefited students, districts spent money for professional development or on capital expenditures such as replacing HVAC systems
That’s not even necessarily all graft, that’s just that the schools are falling apart and get no maintenance, which is part of why the students are illiterate.
Well sure, but I imagine at least 50% of that HVAC cost goes towards kickbacks for the contractors who install those systems that are friends of some distributor of that money etc etc. Agreed though, yeah the schools are crumbling so maybe you gotta fix that, because no matter what “high expectations” you have kids can’t read in 100 degree heat and no AC.
Jesus fucking Christ you Americans with your AC addiction. You know they have these things called windows nowadays that you can just open to let fresh air in?
That’s not even necessarily all graft, that’s just that the schools are falling apart and get no maintenance, which is part of why the students are illiterate.
Well sure, but I imagine at least 50% of that HVAC cost goes towards kickbacks for the contractors who install those systems that are friends of some distributor of that money etc etc. Agreed though, yeah the schools are crumbling so maybe you gotta fix that, because no matter what “high expectations” you have kids can’t read in 100 degree heat and no AC.
CO2 also makes you measurably dumber even at low concentrations, having HVAC helps a lot with that
Jesus fucking Christ you Americans with your AC addiction. You know they have these things called windows nowadays that you can just open to let fresh air in?
That works in some places, sure, but when it’s 40ºC and 85% humidity you don’t want to open a window.
Some places were not meant for human habitation.
An ever-growing list too