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I don't necessarily disagree, but the premise of the parent post was that this was simply a spending/budget problem. Spending per pupil has risen every year ov
by roboneal 16y ago
I don't necessarily disagree, but the premise of the parent post was that this was simply a spending/budget problem.
Spending per pupil has risen every year over the last 20 in Milwaukee and performance & outcomes have dropped dramatically. Logic dictates that there are many other forces in play.
- jshen 16y agoof course there are, but I don't think one can draw the conclusion that private schools are better with less money when they have a biased sample of students.
- catone 16y agoI don't think I'd say my premise was that this was "simply" a budget problem. I was just saying that calling it a teacher shortage is a poor choice of words to describe the current problem -- we don't have a shortage of qualified teacher candidates, we have a shortage of capital necessary to hire them. The education system and the problems therein (i.e., issues affecting student success) are certainly far more complicated and nuanced.