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Originally posted by smooth
These things can be fixed with more money. It's just ridiculous to think/state that more money won't fix the growing problems plagueing our public schools.
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The President’s budget not only spends more for education, but also spends it more wisely.
Lots of information at the above website regarding the significant INCREASES in education spending made by Bush
**Side Note: Colorado is about to lose millions in free education money. The gov't gave it to them two years ago and they haven't spent it. If its not spent or budgeted to be spent by the end of the year, the gov't will take the money back. How can anyone complain about the Bush admin. when the local gov'ts are spending the money their are given. Do they not need it?
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In inflation-adjusted (this is key) dollars, average government spending on primary and secondary education has risen from about $2,000 (remember: inflation-adjusted) per student in 1960 to more than $7,000 per student today (prior to Bush's recent increases - new number is $8,200 per student). Roger LeRoy Miller - Economist
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Now the problem:
With all of these spending increases spread over a 40+ year period, student performance has steadily declined.
Here is a simple question:
Imagine a graph that compares student performance vs. gov't spending on education. The line representing education spending starts at the bottom left and increases toward the upper right - representing the increase in funding.
Now the student performance line starts at the upper left and steadily decreases to the lower right - representing the decline in student performance.
Understand that this graph covers a factual average that takes place over 40+ years.
Using past performance of the indicators we have used for this analysis:
What is the most logical conclusion one can come to if more increases in education funding are made?
In the past 40+ years has the increase in spending ever caused an increase in student performance?
What makes you think that one more increase will change this trend?
What has changed in the past 40+ years that might explain this: 1) Education Unions and 2) Gigantic increase in school bureaucracies.
School administrators are making plenty of money while the teachers don't. Look at investigative articles uncovering lavish spending on useless things by school boards and administrators and you will find tremendous waste. The boards and adminstrators increase their spending activites while the kids lose out.
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It's just ridiculous to think/state that more money won't fix the growing problems plagueing our public schools.
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The facts speak otherwise....I don't feel ridiculous at all.