Comments on: Improving Our Schools: Funding http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/improving-our-schools-funding/ Thoughts on Money, Investing and Life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Roger, the Amateur Financier http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/improving-our-schools-funding/#comment-5201 Roger, the Amateur Financier Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:08:38 +0000 http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/?p=1930#comment-5201 Thanks for the kind words, Ted. It does seem counter productive that under programs like 'No Child Left Behind', the worst performing schools end up losing the most money in funding, when more money to help shore up their programs is almost certainly what they need most. It's the whole utility thing in a nutshell; schools that perform the poorest will be able to make the most use out of the extra money, while higher performing schools will be hard pressed to make much of an improvement with the same amount of money. I'll be honest, it's hard for me to come up with anything positive to say about property taxes. With the possible exception of 'per capita' taxes, I can't think of a worse system for setting up taxes, particularly when they are used to fund something so important to society and people at large as education. Thanks for the kind words, Ted. It does seem counter productive that under programs like ‘No Child Left Behind’, the worst performing schools end up losing the most money in funding, when more money to help shore up their programs is almost certainly what they need most. It’s the whole utility thing in a nutshell; schools that perform the poorest will be able to make the most use out of the extra money, while higher performing schools will be hard pressed to make much of an improvement with the same amount of money.

I’ll be honest, it’s hard for me to come up with anything positive to say about property taxes. With the possible exception of ‘per capita’ taxes, I can’t think of a worse system for setting up taxes, particularly when they are used to fund something so important to society and people at large as education.

]]> By: Ted http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/improving-our-schools-funding/#comment-1754 Ted Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:56:00 +0000 http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/?p=1930#comment-1754 Yes on so many counts! The hardest part about education funding is a) the blame game and b) myth about money. People need someone to blame so we remove funding from poorly working schools (um maybe they need more funding to actually increase their performance). Plus, money will increase the quality of most poorly functioning schools. I love what you said about property taxes. It just creates a perpetually bad economic state for kids born in certain areas. It is a huge reason why the number one indicator of socio-economic status is where you are born. .-= Ted´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CcKxu/~3/7ftdlQj3Kik/at-customer-service.html" rel="nofollow">AT&T "Customer Service"</a> =-. Yes on so many counts!

The hardest part about education funding is a) the blame game and b) myth about money. People need someone to blame so we remove funding from poorly working schools (um maybe they need more funding to actually increase their performance). Plus, money will increase the quality of most poorly functioning schools.

I love what you said about property taxes. It just creates a perpetually bad economic state for kids born in certain areas. It is a huge reason why the number one indicator of socio-economic status is where you are born.
.-= Ted´s last blog ..AT&T "Customer Service" =-.

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