June 10, 2007
AND THE DEMOCRATS SOLUTION?:
Can D.C. Schools Be Fixed?: After decades of reforms, three out of four students fall below math standards. More money is spent running the schools than on teaching. And urgent repair jobs take more than a year . . . (Dan Keating and V. Dion Haynes, 6/10/07, Washington Post)
As Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) prepares this week to become the first Washington mayor with direct control of the schools, his team promises a clean slate and a rapid turnaround. Yet a detailed assessment of the state of the school system, based on extensive public records, suggests that the challenge is enormous: The system is among the highest-spending and worst-performing in the nation. [...]ยท The District spends $12,979 per pupil each year, ranking it third-highest among the 100 largest districts in the nation.
Spend more money. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 10, 2007 11:40 AM
To answer the question in the title. No. Can DC or anywhere else in the country have excellent schools for a fraction of the cost. Why, yes they can. Will it ever happen? Very unlikely.
Posted by: erp at June 10, 2007 12:30 PMSinister movement at work. I've learned to click "post" once and then move on. Sometimes the comment doesn't show up for hours or even ever, but I never click "post" twice. So why the double posts the past few days. I'm innocent, I tells ya.
Posted by: erp at June 10, 2007 1:05 PMThe Other Brother just needs to implement this.
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at June 10, 2007 2:49 PM