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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 96717" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: Property Tax</p><p></p><p></p><p>Wouldn't it be nice of spending more money got us better education.,,,,,,, bzzzt not. </p><p></p><p>Working in management conditions one to expect results for money we spend. Prudent management measures results. Educators have resisted standardized testing from NCLB, even after watering it down by later administrations handing out exemptions left and right, we are still seeing improvement. The data indicates that lower grades are improving while higher grades are same to worse, but this data quirk can be somewhat explained by less problem students dropping out of HS, so while they are individually doing better by staying in school, they are bringing down the group averages. I can live with that. A work in process still but small movement toward the light. </p><p></p><p>Speaking of averages a whole gaggle of teachers in GA tried to get their case thrown out on a technicality, but it looks like they will get their day in court to explain wholesale manipulation of answers on standardized tests where the teachers cheated, not the students. </p><p></p><p>David McCullough a well known historian made a comment in passing about education where he observed that the best teachers are experts at something else and they get to transfer their passion for some subject to students. We probably have tons of older unemployed or semi-retired experts who would love to share their passion and would make great teachers. Who would ever be opposed to that... um maybe teachers who aren't experts at stuff... </p><p></p><p>My judgement is that just throwing more money at education while tolerating the status quo, will just buy us more quo. </p><p></p><p>JR</p><p></p><p><img src="http://mat.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/us-schools-vs-international3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><a href="http://rossieronline.usc.edu/u-s-education-versus-the-world-infographic/" target="_blank">U.S. Education Spending & Student Performance vs. The World Infographic | MAT@USC | USC Rossier Online</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 96717, member: 126"] Re: Property Tax Wouldn't it be nice of spending more money got us better education.,,,,,,, bzzzt not. Working in management conditions one to expect results for money we spend. Prudent management measures results. Educators have resisted standardized testing from NCLB, even after watering it down by later administrations handing out exemptions left and right, we are still seeing improvement. The data indicates that lower grades are improving while higher grades are same to worse, but this data quirk can be somewhat explained by less problem students dropping out of HS, so while they are individually doing better by staying in school, they are bringing down the group averages. I can live with that. A work in process still but small movement toward the light. Speaking of averages a whole gaggle of teachers in GA tried to get their case thrown out on a technicality, but it looks like they will get their day in court to explain wholesale manipulation of answers on standardized tests where the teachers cheated, not the students. David McCullough a well known historian made a comment in passing about education where he observed that the best teachers are experts at something else and they get to transfer their passion for some subject to students. We probably have tons of older unemployed or semi-retired experts who would love to share their passion and would make great teachers. Who would ever be opposed to that... um maybe teachers who aren't experts at stuff... My judgement is that just throwing more money at education while tolerating the status quo, will just buy us more quo. JR [img]http://mat.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/us-schools-vs-international3.jpg[/img] [url=http://rossieronline.usc.edu/u-s-education-versus-the-world-infographic/]U.S. Education Spending & Student Performance vs. The World Infographic | MAT@USC | USC Rossier Online[/url] [/QUOTE]
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