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> The point of my initial response to you was that you cannot compare annual tuition for daycare or private high schools and determine which are appropriate pri

> The point of my initial response to you was that you cannot compare annual tuition for daycare or private high schools and determine which are appropriate prices. Staffing ratios, liability insurance costs, there are a myriad factors that render this line of thinking erroneous. So I guess turn the question on its head - What makes you believe 13k is enough? When the only viable comparisons we have in my area strongly hint that this is underpaying - both daycare and private schools are relatively close in terms of services provided, and they both cost more. You've made a claim - I'm saying I don't really believe it. I've pointed to plenty of examples of why I don't believe it, but you've done nothing but attack those methods. So, genuinely, what makes you think 13k/yr per kid is enough, what's the reasoning behind your argument?

notch656a 4y ago
How much is enough? People can barely afford to pay rent right now, and in most places property taxes (and thus rent) are a major source of funding of the schools. We need to make schools more efficient with their funding rather than making people homeless via raising their rent. If part of that is eliminating administrators and a football stadium to pay teachers more have at it.
lotsofpulp 4y ago
>What makes you believe 13k is enough? >You've made a claim I have not made a claim about which cost is "enough" or appropriate. My only claim was that comparing the price for different products/services is not sufficient to conclude whether the price should be raised or lowered. If anything, I wrote that I agree with your premise: >Note that I agree with your statement of teachers not getting sufficient pay relative to quality of life at work. Are current class sizes small enough? Are the teachers for the current classes sufficiently qualified? Can anything be done to increase quality of life for teachers? These are questions that would answer whether or not the cost is sufficient or not.

notch656a 4y ago

How much is enough? People can barely afford to pay rent right now, and in most places property taxes (and thus rent) are a major source of funding of the schools. We need to make schools more efficient with their funding rather than making people homeless via raising their rent. If part of that is eliminating administrators and a football stadium to pay teachers more have at it.

lotsofpulp 4y ago

>What makes you believe 13k is enough? >You've made a claim I have not made a claim about which cost is "enough" or appropriate. My only claim was that comparing the price for different products/services is not sufficient to conclude whether the price should be raised or lowered. If anything, I wrote that I agree with your premise: >Note that I agree with your statement of teachers not getting sufficient pay relative to quality of life at work. Are current class sizes small enough? Are the teachers for the current classes sufficiently qualified? Can anything be done to increase quality of life for teachers? These are questions that would answer whether or not the cost is sufficient or not.