Comments on: Fun with school funding http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/16/fun-with-school-funding/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: allen http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/16/fun-with-school-funding/#comment-75483 allen Fri, 16 May 2008 12:52:09 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/16/fun-with-school-funding/#comment-75483 Obviously, the fact that no one's demonstrated any particularly worthwhile relationship between funding and educational outcomes bothers Mr. Carey not at all. He certainly isn't deterred from conflating the two though: "redistributionist school funding policies (that) poor students depend on to get a decent education" I live within spitting distance of a large, municipal school district just chock full of poor students of which about 25% graduate and that's with a funding level substantially in excess of the state average. Is that the "decent" education Mr. Carey refers too? Obviously, the fact that no one’s demonstrated any particularly worthwhile relationship between funding and educational outcomes bothers Mr. Carey not at all. He certainly isn’t deterred from conflating the two though:

“redistributionist school funding policies (that) poor students depend on to get a decent education”

I live within spitting distance of a large, municipal school district just chock full of poor students of which about 25% graduate and that’s with a funding level substantially in excess of the state average. Is that the “decent” education Mr. Carey refers too?

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