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- From: walker@skat.usc.edu (Michael D Walker)
- Newsgroups: ca.general
- Subject: Re: California Public Schools Funding: A Masterplan for Failure
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 01:08:17 GMT
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- >>What I'm hearing is that CA is spending more on schools now then in the
- >>past, but the standards keep dropping."
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- >Michael, CA has not been throwing money at the problems.
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- The state is spending more money, though I cannot say whether or not
- that is per capita.
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- >The bottom line is that if we don't prepare our students for the 21st
- >century and the global marketplace, we will descend into mediocrity.
- >We can make a difference, it won't be cheap, but we can make a difference.
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- "Michael at USC", yes, students (children) need to be prepared for
- life, but if parents cannot do their job, its ridiculous to expect
- teachers to make up for that.
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