May he rest in peace.
We know that money is not the answer. Many of our big cities spend more per capita on education than elsewhere in the country. I heard Wash. DC was at the very top. But, for spending the most money, these school districts are getting some of the worst results. Yet, liberal apologists continually demand more “resources” for these failing schools. When they are already getting more money than successful schools elsewhere, how can this be? Isn’t this a disconnect?
‘...liberal apologists continually demand more “resources” for these failing schools...”
Thomas Sowell’s INSIDE AMERICAN EDUCATION is still the classic on this subject.
I’ve often argued that the average sixth grader of rural Alabama depression-era schools could write a better paragraph than most public high school graduates today (based upon limited anecdotal samples but I bet more samples would substantiate the superiority of those 6th graders).