Real school reform vs. taxpayer con job

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Next week voters across Colorado will be asked to approve Amendment 66, a nearly $1 billion tax increase supposedly designed to fund smaller classrooms and better education outcomes for all kids. What’s happening in Colorado is also seen in many states and communities every year.  Surprise! It’s a typical bait-and-switch. It’s the same old pitch from the K-12 education establishment: Give us more money and we will do a better job......

In reality, the tax proposal adds $950 million to the state’s public school budget without tying new money to improved school performance or improved student achievement scores. It is all based on the fairy tale that more money always beings better results.

The promoters of this bureaucratic fairy tale ignore one inconvenient fact: Total K-12 per-pupil spending in the United States has more than doubled in real, inflation-adjusted dollars since 1970 without any measurable improvement in student performance on standardized tests – no improvements in mathematics, not in English, not in any subject.......To Read More....