Comments | jonsonite: K-12 Education Costs

jonsonite

K-12 Education Costs

Jun 26, 2009 08:02

Hey guys, I think I just figured out how we can educate our children for less than a fourth of the cost! Thanks, Washington, DC!

Alternately, if you'd like, we can keep our education budget the same and multiply the effectiveness by four. Either works for me, I guess.

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greenpeacoat June 26 2009, 16:37:17 UTC

Hahaha.
Oh, sad.

susiebirds June 26 2009, 20:15:31 UTC

I had this whole ranty comment written about the state (and wacky math) of education funding, but I was too tired to post it coherently ( ... )

jonsonite June 27 2009, 19:32:03 UTC

To get more talented educators and administrators we'll have to fire some of the ones we already have, right? Isn't that really hard to do?

jonsonite June 27 2009, 19:39:00 UTC

That's a good article, and it's made me more interested in potentially expanding the school day or school year. It is true that there's no good reason to have a 3 month long break--except summer camps, and those could easily fit into a month break, ne?

zabrahl June 27 2009, 22:59:54 UTC

I'll give you a reason! The 3 month summer vacation gives educators a chance to not only get supplemental training to keep up with Progress, but it gives them a chance to do something else besides give of themselves for a space ( ... )

boopsce June 26 2009, 21:03:06 UTC

I am too busy at the moment to look this up, but were the voucher students selected randomly (uniformly) from the student body as a whole? If not, then there is an obvious question to be answered.

boopsce June 27 2009, 19:33:10 UTC

It's a good question, but a small question. The big question is why does it cost D.C. 4 times as much to educate people as it does private schools. Even better students in the private schools shouldn't cause that sort of difference.

jonsonite June 27 2009, 19:34:03 UTC

That was me, sorry.

boopsce June 27 2009, 23:35:18 UTC

I knew it was probably you from the way it was written. If you ever want to write anonymously, you'll have to affect a different style. ;)

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ceallaighgirl June 26 2009, 23:39:33 UTC

I think I'm just going to go ahead and homeschool when I have kids . . . seems like no matter what is the smartest thing to do, politics wins. But it looks like susiebirds has already covered that.

But, I'm in Canada anyway. I haven't even figured out what the heck is going on up here yet. I should probably find out.

jonsonite June 27 2009, 19:33:47 UTC

Homeschooling is starting to look pretty good, isn't it.