David Brauer wrote: > Is there actual data beyond our limited neighborhood anecdotes?
This is philosophical and policy question, not primarily an empirical one. I was presenting an example to frame the question, not to present statistical evidence. However, it is clearly obvious that at least in our neighborhood we are far short of the housing goal and that according to the NRP's own figures they are short of the overall housing goal. It is now unlikely that they will ever met the housing target. So what's the penalty for this failure, and why isn't the NRP management doing anything to correct its previous errors? > I believe Whittier, not a rich neighborhood, spent mucho > bucks on their community school in Phase I. I think it's > a flawed assumption that rich neighborhoods spend on schools > and poor ones on housing. I never make the assumption that rich neighborhoods spent more on schools (for all I know they could spend it on indoor hockey arenas instead of housing), I was just proposing that it was possible that rich neighborhoods might be in a better position to. I was really rising the question about the equality of school funding which has been discussed in the courts. I think that in California that the State Supreme Court ruled that all public school districts must spend the same amount on education per student and they then required a pool of state funds rather than unequal district budgets. I tend to agree with this principle and I am questioning whether the ability of neighborhoods to disproportionately support community schools violates the concept of equal allocations per student, and in turn results in differential educational and career outcomes. I'd like to hear your response to this question: Does ability of neighborhoods to disproportionately support community schools violate the concept of equal protection for students, and in turn result in differential educational and career outcomes? Michael Atherton Prospect Park TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
