Will it be a great day when our public schools have all the money they need?

Question

And the Air Force needs to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber?

Answer 1

You got that from an NEA bumper sticker...didn't you?

BTW...our "public" schools get more money than they need...incompetent and corrupt officials waste it...have a look at DC public schools. They spend more money per student than anywhere in the country, and the city is terribly illiterate.

Freaking bizarre, eatmorech11l1 thinks that teachers do not lobby.

Answer 2

No. Without a properly equipped military, who will prevent the "re-education" of the teachers? There must and will be a happy median.

To restate my point, both ends of this spectrum deserve to receive more attention. Basic Governmental Services do not get the correct pay for their jobs. By this, I mean, Fire/Rescue, Police, Military, and Teachers. When we see ALL of these getting the money they really deserve, then we will know we have a government to REALLY heap praises upon. Until then, we need to reform and tweak the system as much as we can, to get the best performance we can.

Answer 3

I have to agree with the "bottomless pit" guy - my kids are in public schools and I used to teach. Teachers should make more - if they did, I might have stuck around - but you should do some research, there's an almost inverse correlation between money spent per pupil and results.

'Sides, if it weren't for the Air Force bombers, your kids and mine would be forced to attend a Madrassah.

Answer 4

The schools have plenty of money!!!! The a**H***E school boards and unions who are in charge of the $$ are to busy giving themselves a raise and paying $50 or more for a stapler. When we really start tracking the spending you would see all this, but this will never happen because of the teachers unions. Get out of public schools and redesign them as Charter style schools. Then we may actually see improvement in learning and education levels.
When I lived in Cali. The people voted to raise taxes to build an education center for the children, LOL Big joke on us it was a building built for the district employees and had nothing to do with the children. That building cost 6.5 mil to build. THEY DO NOT NEED MORE $$$$!!!

Answer 5

First, If you do some research, you will find we spend more money per student than any on Earth. Second, where in the federal constitution does it say the federal government must provide education to kids? The constitution is very clear on defense of the country. Nice bumper sticker though.

Answer 6

The public schools have more than enough money and consistently fail. Throwing more money at the problem is not the answer. The public school system is filled with layers of do nothing bureaucracy and big fancy administration offices. How else do you explain what private schools accomplish on half the money spent per student?

Answer 7

When will our schools have enough money? It seems like we increase education spending every year. The school districts pass local bond initiatives every other year. More money does not equate to a better school system. In my state (Minnesota) the two school districts that spend by far the most per student (Minneapolis and St. Paul) consistently score the lowest on standardized tests, have the lowest graduation rates, highest dropout rates, lowest college entry rates, and highest teen pregnancy rates. More money is not the solution, we have tried that for the last thirty years.

Answer 8

That is just great. Like I haven't heard that for the past 25 years. Is that all you have Longhair? Let's throw more money at the situation. That'll solve the problem. Heaven forbid we should make the schools more accountable to the students who HAVE to go there. If public education is so wonderful how come most fat cat Democrats send their little darlings to PRIVATE school?

Answer 9

I agree with this in theory. They spend $5000 per student in my state, and probably only about 10% actually goes to the student. I'm sure 90% goes to the paperwork process, testing, salaries, etc. I know in some states they spend $15,000 or more per student and feel like this should be done in every state. These are the states that probably have good quality schools.

From what I've read, they have plenty of money, probably too much money in defense in our country but don't spend it correctly. Rumsfeld spent way too much money on jets and air defense that are outdated, but not enough on body armor and defense plating for tanks that are needed in Iraq. I didn't agree with starting the war in Iraq, but if we are going to send our teens and young men to Iraq, I'd at least like to see them with the proper safe equipment! Let's really support the troops!

Edit: For those who complain that the most money is put into schools who have the lowest standardized testing, etc. This is most likely schools that have the lowest socio-economic students, i.e. poorest students. They often have the lowest standardized students because they have had less advantages and experiences growing up and as children. It is not because they have more money in their schools that their standardized testing scores or lower or their pregnancy is higher. Poorer students need more money in their schools, and even then, as you say it doesn't even out the playing field for them.

I do believe there is some correlation b/w money and quality in schools, for example, my state (Florida) is ranked 41st in educational funding in the nation and is also ranked 40th in educational quality & last in graduation rates (only 50% graduate). Of course, I do not believe there is always such a close correlation but an approximate correlation. For example, if your state is ranked in the top 10 for educational spending, it is probably ranked in the top for quality, and if your state is in the bottom 10 for educational spending, it is probably ranked in the bottom for educational quality.

And states spend $5,000 to $20,000 per student, and if they spent around $10,000 to $20,000 I do think most students would probably be getting a better education, better, happier teachers, etc. I know that they have a lot of problems in our state like not much if any special ed money (speech pathologist see 120 children at different schools for example plus proctor standardized testing!), don't have money to make photocopies, don't have money for teacher's assistants, teachers get paid $10,000 less than state 10 miles away, etc.

Answer 10

It would be a great day if our country did a better job of funding education but money isn't the only problem. Schools are teaching our children how to be worker drones rather than intelligent free thinkers. It is all about control and dumbing down.