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To: tejek who wrote (700609)	2/23/2013 8:39:49 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579334

>> Huh? That makes no sense. There are bad educations handed out in some areas with high cost of living and some with low cost of living. Frankly, I doubt there is a meaningful level of correlation at all. >> From what I understand, Rhee ruffled feathers big time. When you ruffle feathers, people react illogically. I suspect blame can be found on both sides. Sure. She made the mistake of being up-front about wanting to make things better, and the unions came in and took her down. >> Unions are set up to protect their members, including bad teachers, Exactly. >> The problem is the poor schools are not getting the resources they need. The "need" for resources is inexhaustible. Quality managements understand they have to do an excellent job with however much money is available. And they do it. Colorado (2009) spends $9,155 per student (bottom 10 in spending). Ranks 9th in education quality. Wyoming ranks 29th in quality, yet spent more than any other state at $18k/student. TX spends among the least per pupil and yet, is ranked squarely in the middle of the pack in terms of education quality. There are some who spend the most and are highly ranked; and some who spend the most which are at the bottom. If there is a statistically significant correlation, the likelihood is great that it is not causal and is covariant with some other more relevant factor.