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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I really don't get this. revenues mean what? little kids would assume a school should be whatever their school is- poor facilities they wouldn't know. If the school has textbooks, even old ones, shouldn't those be useable? Math and science and english haven't changed much- there could be a handout with all the proof on global warming. and I don't mean schools shouldn't be better funded, I just don't see how revenues possibly explain the horrible reality of our schools.
Schools are fucked up because teachers are allowed to be substandard. Democrats play politics with the issue while another generation of poor kids is doomed to producing the next.
It is criminal. We broke the air traffic controllers union, we should outlaw unions for teachers other than negotiation of contracts.
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Would it not be reasonable to say that it is also possible that schools are lousy because parents allow them to be? If you look at the example of the Chicago Public Schools, a system that is far from ideal, there is a solid track record of improvement since the system introduced parent councils and started making schools somewhat more accountable to parents.
It isn't really a Democrat or Republican issue. In most jurisdictions, school boards are nonpartisan.
