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Re: [OM] Karma sucks

Subject: Re: [OM] Karma sucks
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 12:09:14 -0600
> That's a pretty big generalization, Ken! Got any references to back that up?
>
> I'm sure there are anecdotes you can site, but are you really suggesting that 
> (as an example) Harlem ghetto kids are getting a better education than kids 
> on the Upper West Side?

Not at the top of my head. I don't know how the spending compares
between schools in NYC, but I think it would be pretty shocking to see
what the per-student cost for the Harlem kids is compared to the
country's norm. Of course, most of those funds never reach the
classroom.

Just doing a little surfing, I see that the spending in the NYC metro
area is around $27000 per student per year. Lowest in the Pheonix area
is about $12000. Iowa is running about $15000 give or take a couple
thousand depending on district. So, the question can be asked: Is the
average NYC child getting 2X the education of the average Iowa child
who gets 1/2 the funding? Wierd, because our school is about as
gold-plated as they come. I'm NOT talking about the testing results,
because those can be influenced by ethnic and socio-economic issues,
but just the overall quality of education.

Just picking on two neighboring districts here in Iowa--The Newton and
Grinnell districts have very similar ethnic and socio-economic
profiles. The per-student spending is inverse of the testing results.
When we lived in Newton, we sent our kids to private school for a
reason. The quality of education in Grinnell is so much better that
it's laughable if it wasn't sad. But the per-student spending is
lower.

AG
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