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Originally Posted by ratbastid
I think the single biggest issue is the student/teacher ratio. Average class size, last time I looked, was over 60. Which absolutely is something you can successfully throw money at.
Now, it would take some money, possibly more than double or triple the current budget. The physical infrastructure is overtaxed too--there's only so many square feet of classroom space. To really impact it, you'd need new schools or expanded school buildings (most schools have parking lots crammed with temporary classroom trailers), and new teachers.
If you were smart, you'd start a program to really highly qualify the teachers you brought in (or kept, I suppose). Which takes money too.
So, no, money's not the solution, but it's necessary to the solution.
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If a new teacher makes on average $28k and has 28 students, that cost per student is $1k. Let's say we double that and add another 50% for benefits, then the teacher cost is $84K. Now the cost per student for the teachers is $3K. Now lets rent a class room, 2,000 sq ft. at $24k per year (including utilities), or $857/student. Now lets spend 1K/per student on books and supplies. We are now at $4857/student.
In this country we spend about $10k/student. based on the above that leaves over $5k for administration/insurance/sports/music/trips/food/computers/etc. per student.
I think we have waste in the system.