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Originally posted by Spanky
GUNN high school which is just down the street from me, and a public california high school, is on the list. If Gunn can make it why not other schools. If you think funding is the problem, you don't understand the problem. Washington DC spends more money per student that any other school system, and you can probably guess what their schools are like.
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Now that I know that what it takes to get on the list is to have students take AP exams, I'm even less impressed by the list. But if they stick to this methodology, and people care, you can rest assured that many more high school students will be taking AP tests next year than this. So, lo, kids will be smarter!
California used to have public schools that were the envy of the nation. Since Prop 13, they've suffered. Everyone knows this. Money is not the sole key to improving schools, but when you cut school funding, and when you make it difficult for cities and towns to choose to spend more money on their own schools, the schools will suffer. It's that simple.
If Berkeley wants to, it should be able to choose to adopt new school funding measures by a 50% vote. They're spending their own money. The people in your party wouldn't let them do this, and the only reason that I can think of is that they're worried that it will work, that spending more money will improve Berkeley's schools, and people in other cities will want to do the same.
