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Creating successful schools entail far more than simply focusing on single elements. In Dumb Money or Dumb Coverage?, Stephen Downes critiques a Newsweek article on the subject of improving (reforming) schools. Schools cannot be separated from the societies in which they function. Numerous factors must be considered: health, diversity, poverty, teacher compensation, technology, and economics. This post juxtaposes views of fixing the system by better method (Newsweek’s emphasis on smaller class size, teacher pay) vs fixing the system by emphasis on better societies (Stephen’s assertion).