[theBuckwheat]

Sorry WRONG! Trying to fix public education by paying some teachers more is like trying to save the Titanic by paying some of the people in the engine room more.

In the District of Columbia, it costs in excess of $1 million to graduate a single student who is proficient in math or science from the public school system.

How much failure and how much wasted money must we experience before we will admit the public school model is BROKEN? The only way to attract and retain good teachers of whatever subject, is to structure schools so there is a business case for it. This means schools that are private and for profit. This means having just as free a market in children's education as we have for children's shoes.

[metmom]

In the District of Columbia, it costs in excess of $1 million to graduate a single student who is proficient in math or science from the public school system.

You mean that the DC schools are actually graduating kids proficient in math and science? Or is that just what it costs to graduate a kid, period?

[Kirkwood]

“In the District of Columbia, it costs in excess of $1 million to graduate a single student who is proficient in math or science from the public school system.”

And you actually believe that? That’s BS told to you by some libtard school administrator milking the system.

[sonic109]

Where did you get that figure from ?