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- From: fred_s@earwax.pei.com (Fred Scott)
- Newsgroups: ca.general
- Subject: Re: California Public Schools Funding: A Masterplan for Failure
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.022008.9039@pei.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 02:20:08 GMT
- References: <1ebt5gINNm8b@mizar.usc.edu> <1eepe1INNm7r@skat.usc.edu>
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- In article <1eepe1INNm7r@skat.usc.edu> walker@skat.usc.edu (Michael D Walker) writes:
- >>>What I'm hearing is that CA is spending more on schools now then in the
- >>>past, but the standards keep dropping."
- >
- >>Michael, CA has not been throwing money at the problems.
- >
- >The state is spending more money, though I cannot say whether or not
- >that is per capita.
- >
- Well, why don't you find out before you open your mouth. Per capita (or more
- correctly, per student) plus adjustment for inflation is the only true measure
- of what we're spending on education. Anything else is "lies, damn lies, and
- statistics" - i.e. dishonest propaganda.
-
- Fred
-