What role does money play in public and private schools in the US?

Question

Some say schools would do better if the government gave them more money. How does money improve both public and private schools and education within the scholastic system in the US?

Answer 1

The government's answer to everything..."If is broken, throw some money on it." Money plays a very important role in education.

As educators we have a saying at school..."No dollar bill left behind!" The government is paying an obscene amount of money to pay for private tutoring for underpriviledged students. (More than $125 an hour!) Teachers can't apply to be private tutors and the tutoring program is unorganized and unstructured. Its really a scam. Why doesn't the government just give that money to the low paying teacher's salaries or for college tuition for teachers?

In my opinion,, they don't really want good education. If people could read and think critically, they might overthow the rotten government. Intellegent, well educated, white students tried that in the 60's, remember? (Intellegent, well read people are opposed to war and intellegent poor people are especially likely to protest.

WHATEVER you do, don't educate the poor sufficiently...we might find out they have something to say about corporate corruption. Education has been weak ever since that 60's student uprising in the U.S....incidently, ever since Martin Luther King led a bunch of educated, articulate deprived black people on a march to Washington.

I think the mentality is, "If black people are coming to white schools, lets make sure no one learns anything!" The old tradition of not teaching black, Native American or Hispanic kids to read during the slave days seems to persist somewhat. Integration didn't cause the decline in American education but apparently, it is what inspired it.

"Keep 'em confused and stupid and they'll follow like sheep! Throw lots of money at it so that the public will think you are trying."

Answer 2

The schools need the money to pay bills, teachers, new equipment for students, books, etc. Some schools can't afford that much, so they're asking. And they are mad because Arnold took 80 million.

Answer 3

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