I know a number of teachers in public schools and find it interesting how many of them want to get out of the classroom and into school administration. TD
Friedman Foundation "...teachers’ numbers increased 252 percent while administrators and other staff experienced growth of 702 percent, more than seven times the increase in students."
"In a recent Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, Lindsey Burke (2012) reports that since 1970, the number of students in American public schools increased by 8 percent while the number of teachers increased 60 percent and the number of non-teaching personnel increased 138 percent."
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"There is no evidence in the aggregate that the increase in public school staffing caused student achievement to improve. In a shocking finding, economist and Nobel laureate James Heckman and his co-author, Paul LaFontaine, found that public high school graduation rates peaked around 1970. Thus, as staffing was rising dramatically in public schools, graduation rates were not." Via Heritage.
When politicians speak of more money going into education, how much of it goes into a bloated bureaucracy? If any conservative speaks of cuts in this bloat, you can be sure they will be attacked by the left and the teachers unions (but I repeat myself).
Friedman Foundation "...teachers’ numbers increased 252 percent while administrators and other staff experienced growth of 702 percent, more than seven times the increase in students."
"In a recent Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, Lindsey Burke (2012) reports that since 1970, the number of students in American public schools increased by 8 percent while the number of teachers increased 60 percent and the number of non-teaching personnel increased 138 percent."
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"There is no evidence in the aggregate that the increase in public school staffing caused student achievement to improve. In a shocking finding, economist and Nobel laureate James Heckman and his co-author, Paul LaFontaine, found that public high school graduation rates peaked around 1970. Thus, as staffing was rising dramatically in public schools, graduation rates were not." Via Heritage.
When politicians speak of more money going into education, how much of it goes into a bloated bureaucracy? If any conservative speaks of cuts in this bloat, you can be sure they will be attacked by the left and the teachers unions (but I repeat myself).
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