[lee martell]

“I hate these ‘leeches’ to peaches!!!”

[arl295]

Asbury Park spends about $32,000 per year per student, one of the worst districts in the country

Newark spends about $29,000 per year per student, one of the worst districts in the country

Camden spends about $25,000 per year per student, one of the worst districts in the country

Tuition at a private school $25,000 per year, per student, some of the best schools in the country

And yet, the liberals tell us everyday that we need to spend more money on public education......

Insanity

Anyone know where the 100 million dollars Facebook donated to the Newark public school went? Nobody can find it....

[bigbob]

When the Wisconsin Capitol was under siege over Gov. Walkers reforms, I remember an interview with a private school administrator in the Milwaukee area. He gave the numbers spent per classroom, and the difference between his school (which got good results) and the state public school average was more than 2 to 1. What struck me is his comment that he couldn’t imagine how to spend that much additional mone even if he had it. It simply isn’t necessary to obtain good educational outcomes.

It was one of those statements that you remember forever because it cut through so much BS and spoke the truth.

[cloudmountain]

I recently retired from teaching at the community college level. I saw the HUGE disservice to our American students who got through twelve grades and STILL had the reading and writing skills of a first grader.

THEREIN lies the betrayal.

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But, BOY, did they have self-esteem. I DID ask one minority male if he felt GOOD about being an ignoramus. Since he didn't know what that word meant I was off the hook.

I had JUST corrected his Master's thesis for errors, at HIS request. The FIRST PARAGRAPH of four sentences had 50 (fifty) errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling.

In answer to MY question he just nodded and smiled.

[PLMerite]

"...a course of leeches." - Blackadder II