Re: Question 1 - Funding Model

Bravo, Mr. Runner!

Changing to the "adequacy model" sounds appealing, until one realizes that (a) we have no idea what is "adequate" (b) we have no idea what it will cost - double of today? Triple? Quadruple? and (c) it begs to waste - after all, it's the state's responsibility to make sure your facilities are up to snuff, however wasteful you may be. 

We will surely end up with a huge increase in education budget, a huge state bureaucracy to monitor it against waste with a corresponding loss of local control, and an ongoing ready-made "excuse index" for any failure at the local level - "the state didn't provide us with adequate resources as it committed to". Which it surely will not, even if we double the state budget.

Why do I get the sense that many participant would not be sad with all those results? I certainly would be. $7000 per student, even at 20 students per class is $140,000 per year per class, and more typically at $200,000. Is this really so inadequate, or much of it is just wasted on bureacracy and corruption? This is more than Denmark or Sweden are spending, the so-called social havens!