Asian students in the US are competitive with Asian students in Asia, White students in the US are competitive with white students in Europe.
Let's fund some more "studies" until we get the "right" answer.
So this study falls in line with countless others, documenting that no matter how much money is extorted by governmenys for education, you still can’t buy brains for students.
But there is a connection between higher educational spending and bigger and more powerful teacher’s unions - who support democrats 99-1 with their union dues.
Would the thesis and outcome be any different, if, just for example, wherever the word “education” was used, in its place we used the word “poverty”?
What about “glowbull warming”?
What about -fill-in-just-about-any-liberal-program-?
There is a connection - at this point, MORE spending will create even worse results, because it feeds a dysfunctional system.
Cutting spending in many districts would actually force change that would improve results.
As long as we refuse to see the truth that not all people are equal we will continue down this dead end path.
Society keeps pushing the lie that all children are equal and can equally succeed if only they are given the right education. This is not just a lie, but a dangerous one.
To tell millions of people they could have been smart if only __________ had or hadn't happened is a receipt for disaster. People need to accept who they REALLY are and what their limitations are instead of blaming everyone else for their failures.
To lie to a short chubby kid who can't jump over a pencil and tell him he could be the next Michael Jordan if only he does ___________ is beyond cruel!
or to lie to some kid that is borderline retarded if only he does ____________ he can become a heart surgeon again is beyond cruel!
People need to accept the lot they have been dealt in life and be taught how to maximize the gifts they have while admitting honestly to their weaknesses instead of blaming others or society for their every failure because of their unrealistic expectations.
File this study under the “duh” category. Anyone who has been paying attention realizes that education is not a panacea, and that no matter how much public money you throw at some problem students you’re never going to turn them into anything more than they were born to be.
There are consistent academic achievement gaps that persist despite socioeconomic status and despite educational intervention. Throwing more money at the problem isn’t going to make it go away, and we refuse to even try to understand the problem because there are some uncomfortable realizations we would have to give public voice to.
Oh, another “duh” factor to keep in mind - childhood IQ and childhood academic performance are not significantly correlated to adult IQ or academic achievement. Pre-pre-pre-preschool may get the mouth-breather to correctly identify the colors of the crayons in the box, but that doesn’t mean that the kid is going to be doing partial differential equations with ease in a decade or two.
It would be a far more economic, and far more humanitarian, use of public funds if we funneled most of the money away from disadvantaged students and into gifted programs.
You can’t ensure everyone gets a high-school diploma, but you can help ensure that the next generation of geniuses have the preparation and assets necessary to start the next green revolution - just so all the ditch-diggers don’t starve to death.
Asian students in the US are competitive with Asian students in Asia, White students in the US are competitive with white students in Europe.
90 cents of every dollar winds up in the union school teachers pockets, pensions, and benefits.
Double the funding and they vote themselves a raise, nothing makes it to the classroom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVyNlJUKgug
All homeschoolers understand the economic point of diminishing returns in education.
Pfl
Union workers - and yeah that includes teachers - have limited desire to do anything beyond the minimum. Well, except for excuses - and protection from being fired...
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