Spending on Public Education

As I continue to follow events with with regard to spending in public schools I've become accustomed to those who want to either limit what is spent or to make cuts to programs. Either of these two paths is not in the interest of ANYONE!! If money is mismanaged or stolen that's a whole different story.

Money put into programs and educators has been proven to be beneficial. It's not a hoax. Bruce Baker at Rutgers states emphatically that too many people are operating out of a long ago mindset/belief system that says putting more money into education is a waste. Simply not true according to Baker.

Linda Darling Hammond of the Learning Policy Institute makes clear that more funding does aid student learning. As she notes, funding alone is simply one element of aiding in student/school progress. I have spent a good deal of time following and reading research out of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Research. The evidence is clear more money spent on the right programs works.

So here we are...if money is not stolen, not mismanaged then we need to continue to invest in public education.

Dick