Betsy DeVos confirmed as education secretary;
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No bang for the buck.
i wonder what percentage of those dollars went to administrators and consultants instead of to classrooms.
In terms of inflation adjusted dollars most teachers are earning significantly less than in 1970. Most school districts across the U.S. are spending significantly less in inflation adjusted dollars per pupil than in 1970.
After inflation, NC teacher pay has dropped 13% in past 15 years
http://www.wral.com/after-inflation-nc-teacher-pay-has-dropped-13-in-past-15-years/15624302/
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All can be found in the article I posted on a state by state basis for the past 15 years. - plus links to other time frames. On an inflation-adjusted basis teacher salaries have gone down in most states. This has been well documented. I guess all of those dollars in the CATO chart have gone to consultants and administrators because it certainly has not shown up in the classroom either in teacher salaries or per pupil spending.
This might be a good time to remind people again (as I have posted before) -- when comparing demographic group to demographic group the U.S. is number 1 in K-12 education in the world.
Those who post charts claiming the U.S. trails other countries in K-12 education or test scores are not properly taking in account the proper comparison by demographic group which is the correct standard to follow.
So in other words, all the administration and consultants are a giant waste of money, and the reduction in pay to teachers hasn't degraded the education of students. We're still number one.
But you don't question that reducing inflation adjusted teacher pay hasn't hurt kids education.
You've made the case yourself.
As a parent of a 3rd grade student that has to go through the nightly homework, I won't shed a tear if all of Common Core is scrapped. I would be very interested in understanding what you consider the "good" pieces of Common Core to be.
I would argue that other factors are far more important. When administrators allow thugs to rule schools, threaten teachers and make learning impossible for others, you can't pay good people enough to take the job. They might as well get a job as prison guards.
I know that this is a problem at your very own Cary High School.