Re:‘Exhausted and underpaid’: teachers across the US are lea...
by pmorici on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:34PM
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Can you cite any study that shows that educational outcomes are positively correlated with spending even after adjusting for disabilities?
Re:‘Exhausted and underpaid’: teachers across the US are lea...
by eesmith on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:13PM
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No. I'm not an education policy wonk.
(Plus, I don't see how the answer is not "yes". If we pay enough for a 1:5 teacher:student ratio then we'll almost certainly get better educational outcomes, yes? Which means I don't understand your question.)
I'm only pointing out what I believe are large methodological weaknesses in your earlier comment.
> There are more than 13,000 school districts in the nation; Baltimore ranks at about 2,400 in per-pupil spending in the overall group. ...
> Baltimore’s spending is comparable to other Maryland districts but falls short of adequacy when factoring in the composition of the district’s student population ...
> o Baltimore has the highest concentrations of students in poverty and the highest percentage of students with disabilities in the state.
> o By the state’s own analysis, City Schools should have received $290 million more each year under the current formula.
> o A state-commissioned report indicates the district needs $358 million more to ensure adequacy for the city’s students.
On average, disabled students cost more to educate than non-disabled. Without knowing the distribution of students types in Baltimore City vs. private schools, a simple head-to-head comparison is meaningless.
Finally, you didn't give a simple head-to-head comparison.
You compared costs for the public school (funding / number of students) with tuition (funding by students).
Private schools may also receive funding through other means, eg, state-funded scholarships, or subsidized use of public resources like land and buildings.