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post #1 of 13
9/12/03 at 9:11pm
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Here is a short movie about the situation in education. Sad to say, it is all too true. No Child Left Behind sounds like a good idea, but when you look closer you can see the flaws.
Click to see the movie
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post #2 of 13
9/12/03 at 9:18pm
I have not notcie that at my son's school .
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post #3 of 13
9/12/03 at 9:30pm
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Not all schools have such problems, but some certainly do. Mostly in poor, urban areas.
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post #4 of 13
9/12/03 at 9:38pm
I guess I am kind of blindet in that area or just plain spoilt . But serios now : That is so sad .
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post #5 of 13
9/13/03 at 3:56am
All schools have those problems to some extent. Haven't you been asked to help with a fund raiser, bake sale, car wash, etc?
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post #6 of 13
9/13/03 at 7:30am
Yes I have . I guess I was not thinking .
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post #7 of 13
9/13/03 at 12:30pm
I signed the petition. There's always room for improvement, though actually, the U.S. didn't do too badly in the OECD's PISA study. The scores were mediocre, compared with South Korea, Finnland, Japan, Canada, and Britain, but not an embarrassment.
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post #8 of 13
9/13/03 at 1:17pm
That is really terrible.

I have to wonder, though, how much of the shortage is genuine lack of funds, and how much is mismanagement?

For example:
http://www.window.state.tx.us/tspr/sa/

How is it that a financially strapped school district could pay a superintendent $800,000 just to LEAVE?

Found this site trying to find articles about our superthieves. It has a pretty radical slant, but it does have some interesting facts.
http://www.geobop.com/Education/supes/index.htm

Teachers receive a "getting-by" salary for working in the trenches (some of these schools are pretty scary!), while some crooked administrators pig out.
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post #9 of 13
9/13/03 at 1:55pm
It is not just an American phenomenon, but to be found all over the globe!
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post #10 of 13
9/13/03 at 6:09pm
We used to live in southern California, where, in my opinion, the educational systems blows. Now in CT, I can say that the schools that the kids have attended have been great. Sandie or I couldn't be happier with the level, and content of their education. We have the fund raisers, but those are usually used to provide funds for extra activities the kids normally wouldn't have. I can't say this about all of CT, but it's certainly true of the two towns that we have lived in.
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post #11 of 13
9/13/03 at 9:06pm
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Yes, administrative salaries are a bit over the top. There was a woman in the district where I work who got about $800 each day, and none of us could figure out what she did. So some money problems are certainly due to that kind of thing.

Some of the problem here in PA is the reliance on property taxes to help fund the schools. Urban districts have a lower tax base, and so city property taxes are ridiculously expensive. The legislature is trying to change that system, but I'm not holding my breath.

Ken, I have heard that the schools in CT are really good.
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post #12 of 13
9/13/03 at 10:03pm
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Originally posted by bren.1
Some of the problem here in PA is the reliance on property taxes to help fund the schools. Urban districts have a lower tax base, and so city property taxes are ridiculously expensive. The legislature is trying to change that system, but I'm not holding my breath.
Ditto in Texas. Ranchers that have owned property for generations are being taxed off their land when subdivisions go in nearby. Homeowners in historic downtown areas who've lived there for years are having to sell because their property taxes are so high. But a lot of the schools are still poor...
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post #13 of 13
9/14/03 at 6:22pm
Brenda, perhaps that's why CT has good schools..... Property yaxes here are sky high...
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