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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Well, an expert in that field is quoted in that very article as wondering what Mandel is going on about, so....
Ignoring good vs bad, the obvious question is: Does this proposal justify a nearly $700 million price tag? That's just over an 8% increase on the current education budget. I'd love to see the cost-benefit analysis on that one.
Counting ESL learners in January instead of September is... completely pointless. In fact, it makes less sense than to do it at the start of a school year. I do agree with his promise to maintain private school funding though.
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he didn't say he'd add 690 million, but bring funding up to 690 million.
I do get the point that it may be questionable to throw money at a problem without understanding it.
I just didn't think the ideas on their own would be something to drive someone from voting AP.