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By the standard that we're systematically mismanaging the funds we are spending. The bussing system is absurdly inefficient and wholly unnecessary. Neighborhoo
by GiorgioG 4y ago
By the standard that we're systematically mismanaging the funds we are spending. The bussing system is absurdly inefficient and wholly unnecessary. Neighborhood schools used to be a thing. Some school systems offer 'gold plated' healthcare plans where they include cosmetic surgery as a benefit to a school system that needs more money spent towards actual education.
I'm not advocating doing away with the public education system, but we're being swindled. It's not the teachers' fault (obviously), but the system as a whole. Every little town has its own school system, administrative overhead, etc.
- mattkrause 4y ago> Some school systems offer 'gold plated' healthcare plans So? If you want good teachers--or at, some point, any teachers--you need to offer working conditions that are good enough to attract them, just like any other job. Spending on benefits "instead of" education is a false dichotomy; in fact, I'd say that's the central thesis of the article.
- GiorgioG 4y agoThis was the school system I went to in a rust-belt city, the teachers were not 'good' on average.
- mattkrause 4y agoBut if you tried to hire teachers while offering less, would they have been better? My guess is no; they'd have been even worse.