I'd like to see the stats for that. According to UNESCO the US is #36 on per capita spending on primary school students (i.e., K-6). Most of the EU, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc., spend more or the same as the US per student.
So lets try another myth. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/edu_pub_spe_per_stu_pri_lev-spending-per-student-primary-level On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > >> Ah yes, the spoiled brat theory. The best time to kick someone is when >> they are down. They'll never learn until their constituents are >> starving in the street. Well, actually, they already are and the >> politicians aren't learning. So lets try kicking them harder, trash >> the education system further, increase childhood hunger rates and see >> what happens. I know that you don't actually believe that trashing the >> education system is a good idea, that you don't want childhood hunger >> rates to increase, etc. You want fiscal discipline and accountability >> from politicians, which is admirable. I want that too. But right now >> I'm a lot more concerned about having teachers in our schools, cops on >> the streets and children being fed. > > I will need to look it up, but I recall reading an article (or maybe > saw a news show) where it showed that other countries (and if I > remember correctly, a LOT of other countries) spend less per student > than than the US, yet they were kicking our ass when it comes to > actually educating students. > > There is a problem with our education system,but I am not sure that > blindly throwing gobs of money at it is the best solution. > > That being said, I think I would rather we took the money form stealth > bombers rather than food stamps - for anything, not just education. > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can > wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324712 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
