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> Or give public schools $3K per student, > and you'll see huge changes. It's a lot of money. Yes, you'll see them spend $3K more per student. You won't actua

by ahh 10y ago

> Or give public schools $3K per student, > and you'll see huge changes. It's a lot of money. Yes, you'll see them spend $3K more per student. You won't actually see any improvements in the students, though. http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/04/07/study-no-link-between-school-spending-student-achievement/ http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/04/07/study-no-link-betw... The public schools have many problems; lack of money is not one of them. Having any idea what to do with it is.

fapjacks 10y ago
Well, this is kind of a red herring, because it's widely known that schools of all types have been drastically increasing their administrative bodies, ballooning costs without actually doing anything for the students with that extra administration. Plus also it's the CATO Institute.
- ahh 10y ago
  Think about what you're saying: "It's a red herring! We know that schools spend money they get on dumb things!" Yes, that's my point. :) If we could magically fix that, it might--in principle--become a good idea to give them more money. Giving them money does not actually magically fix that. It's worth noting that Maciej forgot that the tech barons he hates actually tried this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-newark-schools-partially-squandered-a-great-prize/2015/10/20/ffff660c-7743-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html?utm_term=.9600b32b3e7b https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-newark-schools-p...
  - fapjacks 10y ago
    What I'm saying is that presenting a report which shows more money getting spent on not the students, but some side thing which doesn't actually benefit the students... That is the red herring. That report isn't actually about money spent on students. It's money schools are spending on "administration". If the money given to schools isn't spent on students, it is useless. Spending money on educating actual students (and not ballooning administrations) actually does improve student education, just ask any teacher and ignore the principal.

by ahh 10y ago

fapjacks 10y ago

Well, this is kind of a red herring, because it's widely known that schools of all types have been drastically increasing their administrative bodies, ballooning costs without actually doing anything for the students with that extra administration. Plus also it's the CATO Institute.

ahh 10y ago
Think about what you're saying: "It's a red herring! We know that schools spend money they get on dumb things!" Yes, that's my point. :) If we could magically fix that, it might--in principle--become a good idea to give them more money. Giving them money does not actually magically fix that. It's worth noting that Maciej forgot that the tech barons he hates actually tried this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-newark-schools-partially-squandered-a-great-prize/2015/10/20/ffff660c-7743-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html?utm_term=.9600b32b3e7b https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-newark-schools-p...
- fapjacks 10y ago
  What I'm saying is that presenting a report which shows more money getting spent on not the students, but some side thing which doesn't actually benefit the students... That is the red herring. That report isn't actually about money spent on students. It's money schools are spending on "administration". If the money given to schools isn't spent on students, it is useless. Spending money on educating actual students (and not ballooning administrations) actually does improve student education, just ask any teacher and ignore the principal.