Re: performance based payabfarrerMarch 10 2009, 23:30:54 UTC
while I strongly believe that there needs to be some form of performance based pay for teachers, you're right that a measure such as grades cannot be an effective basis for such pay
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Re: performance based paytoastedspleenMarch 11 2009, 19:39:32 UTC
Rather than the education spending being left up to the towns, all of the spending should be done equally nationwide, or at least regionally.
The numbers disagree with you. The cost of education is not directly related to quality. You are assuming that Boston spends less per student than a small town with a better school system like Sharon. Actually Boston spends $16466.79 per student and Sharon spends $12203.98. Only 23 districts spend more per student than Boston. You can argue that other districts spend it better, but what is better?
You can't find a way to give students a "good education" unless you can define what a "good education" is. And that seems to be impossible to define because it is so subjective. Not only that, but a good education is probably different for each student.
Re: performance based paycochise15March 12 2009, 01:46:15 UTC
I'm just guessing, but the reason Boston has to spend more per student than Sharon is because of programs like busing, which they are actually thinking of getting rid of because it costs so much, that is a legacy of discrimination aimed at a certain segment of the population over a long period of time, one that Sharon can't compare to numbers-wise, and the deeper kind of poverty Boston experiences than Sharon. When you think of the number of kids that attend Boston Public schools vs. the numbers that attend Sharon, and the fact that there is only a four thousand dollar difference in spending per year, I'd think that adjusted for the differing factors, Sharon probably spends more on their kids than places like Boston or Brockton or Fall River does
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Although I am less opposed to charter schools then my husband.
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The numbers disagree with you. The cost of education is not directly related to quality. You are assuming that Boston spends less per student than a small town with a better school system like Sharon. Actually Boston spends $16466.79 per student and Sharon spends $12203.98. Only 23 districts spend more per student than Boston. You can argue that other districts spend it better, but what is better?
You can't find a way to give students a "good education" unless you can define what a "good education" is. And that seems to be impossible to define because it is so subjective. Not only that, but a good education is probably different for each student.
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