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Re:Philip Greenspun's Economy Recovery Plan by Prrometheus on Friday January 02, 2009 @05:49PM (#417863)
Well, going back to the original argument that we need to spend a greater percentage of GDP to achieve higher educational achievement, I think we could both agree that the problem is less straightforward than that, that the United States spends more money per student than other countries even in some of its worst schools, and that unnamed structural reforms that encourage schools to be better managed can increase educational performance in the United States without necessarily spending more money.
Re:Philip Greenspun's Economy Recovery Plan by tptacek on Friday January 02, 2009 @06:01PM (#417876)
Sure, although the same logic doesn't preclude simply spending more top-line dollars and sucking up the fact that there's too much overhead.