Property tax on one’s home is bad.
Change my mind.
You'll get no argument from me. I'd rather a sales tax than that.
Property tax on one’s home is bad.
Change my mind.
That's like saying a more expensive guitar will make be a better player.And if anyone thinks that more money somehow automatically means a better education....
This is why I referenced education funding from all sources...because that's what I think the issue really was.
...but people who pay more income taxes have a tendency to pay more property taxes too. So the discussion is more wealthy (or average) income areas versus poor areas for education funding.
And if anyone thinks that more money somehow automatically means a better education....
I'm kinda torn on how to fund schools. I think it's a problem that poor school districts under-fund schools, and then under educate kids, and then they grow up to be poor adults, and then they send their kids to the same ****ty schools they went to, and the cycle continues. I'd like to see the education system become more consistent across school districts. I lived in Missippi for 8 years and I'll tell you their public schools are ****. They're one of the poorest states in the nation and they have one of the worst public school systems. It's not the kids fault that they have ****ty schools. They don't have a lot of choice but to grow up under-educated.
I want the state to take control when the district does a ****ty job, and the state to butt out when the district does good.That sounds like something that really needs fixed. But how do you fix that? As you move the financial responsibility up the government levels, you cede more control over what your kids are taught to those higher levels. Do we want those decisions left to federal, state, or local governments? There's something to be said for nationwide consistency, but then that comes at the expense of local sensibilities. I think it's a hard problem to solve.
And does a better education automatically mean better quality of life? Higher income/lower crime rate/etc. I would assume there’s a correlation.
Do all public schools use the same curriculum?
THIS.Correlated? Probably....but the violence, chaos at home, illegitimacy and everything else that goes into making a place poor probably have more to do with outcomes than education budgets.
I'm not sure that is true across the board. I believe Indianapolis Public Schools spends more per student than any other school district in the state, and compared to the township schools, it has lower per-capita income/home values. It also has a lower academic performance rate.
I'm not sure that is true across the board. I believe Indianapolis Public Schools spends more per student than any other school district in the state, and compared to the township schools, it has lower per-capita income/home values. It also has a lower academic performance rate.
This is why I referenced education funding from all sources...because that's what I think the issue really was.
...but people who pay more income taxes have a tendency to pay more property taxes too. So the discussion is more wealthy (or average) income areas versus poor areas for education funding.
And if anyone thinks that more money somehow automatically means a better education....
One thought on the matter: (not my only one, so don't try and pin me down.)
A tide raises all ships. If a well educated populace increases productivity, reduces crime, and leads to prosperity for all, then it can be argued that it is a public good best funded by taxpayers. (See "lighthouses and autopsies")
That's like saying a more expensive guitar will make be a better player.
This is why I referenced education funding from all sources...because that's what I think the issue really was.
...but people who pay more income taxes have a tendency to pay more property taxes too. So the discussion is more wealthy (or average) income areas versus poor areas for education funding.
And if anyone thinks that more money somehow automatically means a better education....
There seem to be a lot of people down here that believe that. That's why they keep throwing money at the problem.
If we did an experiment, where we moved all the poor kids into the wealthiest schools, I think the outcome of that would be more poor kids will do better in those schools than in the schools they attended. Of course not all, or maybe even not most. But I'll say many would. I also think the opposite would be true. If you put the students from the affluent schools into the ****ty schools, I think many of those student's would become worst students.
There seem to be a lot of people down here that believe that. That's why they keep throwing money at the problem.
If we did an experiment, where we moved all the poor kids into the wealthiest schools, I think the outcome of that would be more poor kids will do better in those schools than in the schools they attended. Of course not all, or maybe even not most. But I'll say many would. I also think the opposite would be true. If you put the students from the affluent schools into the ****ty schools, I think many of those student's would become worst students.
****ty schools have more than one cause. Money is at least a little part of it. But there's only so much more money can do. All those other things matter too. And then when you solve all of those, how do you fix the last and possibly the most important one: apathetic parents who don't take an interest in their kid's school, and probably don't instill a work ethic that helps them succeed?
Living in the same neighborhood, with the same parent(s) the same home life, the same everything else?
Better, perhaps...but probably a lot less improvement than you might think. Maybe none.
Bussing was an attempt at putting the poorer kids into better schools (under the pretense of racial diversity). It failed miserably.