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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Do you have any statistics showing how much more was spent on public education in the past versus today? Seems like we are spending more, not less, so shouldn't standards actually be higher?
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Originally Posted by GGG
Until someone can show me that per student funding is down from the 1930's and that is the cause I am going with lazy entitled kids.
The best evidence of that is that the children of first gen immigrants domminate school. They have access to the same schooling however out perfrom there white counterparts. Western culture does not place the same expectation on students as Indian or Asian cultures do. Why is it that the children of first gen immigrants are able to outperform the average students. This isnt a funding issue, and isnt a lazy kids issue. It is a parenting and expectations issue.
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It would seem to me that we also have a lot more kids going and staying in school for much longer. Combine that with the extra-curriculur activities, field trips, etc., and it would stand to reason that funding has gone up. We also likely have more kids staying in longer with learning disabilities and mental disorders that wouldn't have gone much further than grade six in the 30s and are receiving funding to do so. Does that necessarily mean that funding is adequate?
Can someone show me the statistics that says kids of first-generation parents are dominating school? I don't necessarily doubt it but would like to see some data.