Archive for October, 2010
The Truth About The Funding Of The Public Schools
The school system could be really profitable, says Bob Bowdon, but simply at the expense of things equivalent to teachers and students. In his education documentary “The Cartel,” Bowdon, a TV news reporter in New Jersey, paints a remarkable ugly picture of the institutional depravation that has resulted in nearly unbelievable wastes of taxpayer money. The numbers narrate the tale: $17,000 exhausted per pupil, and there’s simply a 39% reading proficiency rate, it’s hard to reason that there’s a crisis underway, but harder to concur on a solution.
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Secrets About The Funding Of The Public Schools
The education system in the United States is in various states of distress, determined by financial resources and the people who use them. It’s generally agreed that school systems aren’t perfect these days, that good teachers are often hard to find. This looming crisis is perhaps most glaring in New Jersey, where the combination of corruption and greed and poor management has brought on a potential collapse of the education system.
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The Truth Regarding The Failing Public Schools
There’s money to be made in education, argues Bob Bowden, but only if you trim out the unprofitable bits, like good teachers. In his documentary “The Cartel,” Bowden, a New Jersey TV news reporter, turns the camera on the massive corruption and mismanagement that has led his state to spend more than any other on its students but with abysmal results. When $400,000 is spent per classroom, but reading proficiency is only 39% (and math at 40%), the crisis is apparent; which doesn’t mean it’s not controversial.
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