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May 7, 2009

Don't let ideology block education reforms that work

Torrey Jaeckle:

A report last week from the National Assessment of Educational Progress -- widely known as the "Nation's Report Card" -- shows that total education spending per pupil has doubled since 1971.

Yet overall test results for our high school seniors remain unchanged.

In effect, we're spending twice as much money to achieve the same results as more than 35 years ago.

If that isn't sad enough, consider these additional facts gleaned from various news stories over the past few weeks:

• A headline from the Wall Street Journal on April 23: "Demand for Charter Schools is High, Seats are Few."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 7, 2009 1:01 AM
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