Steve read through my responses and no where do I link student
performance with amount spent.
One of the reason student performance increases the closer one gets
to the Canadian border is "sometimes" money. (I would posit it is
mostly expectations both familial and cultural.)
Contrast the amount spent in the north (Above the Mason-Dixon line)
and the amount spent in the south. Furthermore look at local
spending county by county and performance and you will see some real contrasts.
In many southern states they use local property taxes and the amount
per student can vary tremendously in one state. State averages are
not the be all and end all.
On DC's student performance, I think a lot of it comes from low
expectations not money spent. I think the new Superintendent has set
some better expectations for the schools as a whole.
What I was getting at is usually the superintendent is put in between
the students, teachers, community and parents. All have their
expectations and ideas of what they want and the superintendent has
to balance all this and come up with a workable program.
Locally where I live it gets even worse. Our local school boards is
appointed by the City Council. They in turn appoint a school
superintendent. All requests for increases of funding is sent to the
City Council to act on. In some locals here the Superintendent is
elected every 4 years. He has to run a campaign plus manage the
school system. (There are still the same educational requirements
and certificates as an appointed one)
Joy joy!!
Stewart
At 08:04 PM 10/18/2008, you wrote:
I thought that as this thread dealt with DC, you were referring to a
lack of adequate funding as a reason for the poor performance of its
students. My URL shows that DC spends more per pupil than 48 states.
My point is that funding is not the main problem.
In fact, I heard some wag state that there is a much higher
correlation with how well students do in their school districts to
how close they are to the Canadian border, than with how much is
spent per student.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
*************************************************************************
** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **
** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **
*************************************************************************
