[grellis]

You're telling me that private schools, when given $13,500 per student can't perform better??

No amount of money can improve the performance of many failing students if their parents don't give a damn.

[ClearCase_guy]

True.

But if the school has the power to push out the deadwood (and public schools usually don't have that power) then the students who remain in the school don't fall into the hopeless category you describe. For those students, $13,500 should go a long way.