[bhb916]

This is not meant to be snarky - but how are you sure? Are we convinced that those who attend TLJ will perform better than their peers who do not?

I agree that dignified education systems matter, but I think effective education systems would be more preferred.

[pythonslayer]

I know little about the school, but I would be hard to convince they would do worse.

I think just going to a school where there is a sense of positivity and opportunity is in itself useful, but without resources, it may not be. This school, as far as I know, will have greater resources.

The staff, assuming they are being paid well and given access to more resources, will absolutely do a better job.

I am really not a fan of the school, and fear it’s largely a tax write-off and publicity stunt, but knowing how bad a lot of these marginalized populations have it in public school, I just can’t imagine it being worse.

I would argue dignified is necessary for effectiveness. Are you suggesting that educational environments that are undignified might motivate desperation for achievement? Or some similar bootstrapping theory? If so, I find that immoral even if it were an evidenced theory.

Maybe you’re making some sort of IQ-population argument. If so, I would not accept that we can make that assumption. But, if so, I would nonetheless assert equal schooling resources for every child (which is largely what i mean by “dignified”) is a moral imperative.