[A_perfect_lady]

Much of the money never reaches the students or the teachers. It funds a literal army of non-teachers, administrators, and federal, state, and local bureaucrats – who generally spend their time making life miserable for the teachers and interfering with their efforts to teach.

Couldn't agree more. Our school just spent who-knows-how-much on a set of iPads for the kids. Half of them will be broken in 2 years and they'll all be obsolete in 4. Meanwhile, we are on a rationing system for xerox copies and white paper. Does this make ANY sense? Not to me....

[1010RD]

Yep, teachers will grasp any straw if it isn’t their money. The utter myth that tech = improvement is disproved by PBS and Sesame Street.

[kearnyirish2]

“Much of the money never reaches the students or the teachers.”

Here in NJ much of the money reaches the teachers; they are very well-paid, and their retirement benefits liabilities are drowning many municipalities. What pensioners did to GM in Detroit public employees (most teachers) are doing to NJ; the tax burden on any individual, business, or property makes it a terrible place to be.