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VaderDave said:

That's also why I think a statewide funding regime for education makes the most sense. Every school should have equal per-pupil funding.

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SixOhNine said:

The problem with that is, as always, is implementation. Texas has statewide funding for schools that is pooled from local property taxes. The ongoing fight is that it's a Robin Hood system; it "robs" from the rich and gives to the poor. I live in a small district with high property values, so under the state formula, we actually send more tax money out of the district than we retain. It sucks, but the local school foundation makes up for it with fundraising that frankly astonishes me. Perhaps a better example of the system's failings is Houston, which is also a "rich" school district. Due to the very valuable downtown property, it also collects more in taxes than the state says Houston schools deserve. This is despite being so awful that the state engineered a takeover of the district's administration...

How to fix it all is a billion dollar question the Legislature hasn't figured out in the 30 years or so the system has existed. Our sh!tstain of a governor has been paid to push vouchers and "school choice", but since that's literally never worked anywhere, ever, I suspect it won't lead to better overall education here.

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cross22 said:

I haven't done a huge amount of research on this, but I think in general good students make good schools not vice versa. It's probably the case that if a school's achievement is extremely subpar, additional funding might marginally improve performance but for most part high performing students will perform well regardless of what school they go to. And those students come from backgrounds that encourage or demand studying and achieving. Also at the highest level, both in primary school and college, those students perform exceptionally well in spite of, not because of, the schools they go to.

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cross22 said:

I haven't done a huge amount of research on this, but I think in general good students make good schools not vice versa. It's probably the case that if a school's achievement is extremely subpar, additional funding might marginally improve performance but for most part high performing students will perform well regardless of what school they go to. And those students come from backgrounds that encourage or demand studying and achieving. Also at the highest level, both in primary school and college, those students perform exceptionally well in spite of, not because of, the schools they go to.

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mhip said:

now I use that strap that goes around the forearm to help with the flaming tendinitis in the left elbow I'm prone to.

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venividivicibj said:

stop jerking so much?

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RedLantern said:

From an insider's perspective at a somewhat rough middle school, many of the problems of my school could not be solved with any amount of money, at least at the school level. The really frustrating part is that the few problems that can be solved with money we refuse to spend on, and the ones that can't we throw good money after bad at.

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