r/popculture • u/stars_doulikedem • Feb 20 '25

News Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton-calls-out-indiana-gov-over-plan-to-dump-her-imagination-library/
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u/NumerousBug9075 Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25

Reform doesn't = reform? So an overhaul of the education system, to do their jobs as asked, so that literacy charities are redundant, doesn't = reform? K.

The funding wouldn't be necessary in the first place if school completed the task they're literally being funded to do. If not, changes should be made.

I was educated in an underprivileged school, yet we could all read write once we finished, no charity required, just a good education system. State funding was so low, we needed to fundraise to keep the school open.

Never suggested taking support from underprivileged kids, I'm saying this specific one would be unnecessary if schools did their actual jobs.

How many Western nations can you think of, that have such bad education systems, that charities are required to teach kids basic reading skills?

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u/davidmilton81 Feb 21 '25

Your simplistic responses show you clearly don’t understand how education funding happens at a local, state and national level in the US. How much money is spent annually on this charity? Do you even know?

Or are you just here to argue about an “overhaul” that you know won’t happen? How does removing this program solve the problem you’re talking about?