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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (462209)	9/20/2003 10:13:12 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Sounds ass backwards at first glance, but if a school system has received increased funding for years and years and still doesnt show improvement, at some point you have to cut your losses and move the money to more productive areas because its obviously not working.

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (462209)	9/20/2003 10:22:45 PM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 769670

And yet, mean SAT scores are higher now than any point since 1969. Why is this important? Because scores are higher, in spite of many more "disadvantaged" and "minority" high school students are taking the test (than in 1969) - this is IMO real progress. Btw, I believe that at this point, California teachers are the highest paid teachers in the country. I think, I read that the average salary for CA teachers are in the mid $50k. re:"To get and keep good teachers it takes money. Money to keep the curriculum up to date, money for supplies, and money for good teachers salaries. Cutting funding is not conducive to that end. Does that mean that the schools should not endeavor to be thrifty in spending the education dollar? Not at all. But shifting dollars away from schools with problems to schools that don't have these problems is bass ackwards thinking".

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (462209)	9/21/2003 10:57:33 AM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Many school districts have plenty of money to do the job, but the money is spent on bloated administration and waste, instead of in the classroom. Have you ever noticed that whenever local governments are in a crunch, the first things they cut are fire and police protection and teachers, so the public feels the pain quickly and a pitch for tax increases can be made? You almost NEVER hear about administrators cutting their own staffs or budgets.