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A 3 page paper identifying and analyzing a belief or value in education. There is a persistent believe that if we value our schools, teachers and children, then we should be willing to spend more on those things we say are important to us. Though increasing school spending superficially appears to be noble, in reality it has little to do with results achieved. The belief that dollars can cure symptoms continues to persist despite evidence to the contrary. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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File: CC6_KSeduSpendAchiev.rtf
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Students of several countries of the world consistently have outpaced American students in several areas for years, most notably in math and science. Neither educators, students parents
nor employers were pleased with the educational results public schools were achieving, and one of the first steps to solution was determined to be that of additional spending. There
is a persistent believe that if we value our schools, teachers and children, then we should be willing to spend more on those things we say are important to us.
Though increasing school spending superficially appears to be noble, in reality it has little to do with results achieved. The belief that dollars can cure symptoms continues to
persist despite evidence to the contrary. Spending vs Results Increasing spending appears to be a reasonable component of increasing the quality of public
education in the United States, but closer examination reveals that greater spending has little effect on educational results. Standing as witness to this fact are the public schools of
the District of Columbia, which spend more per student - $13,187 - than any other public school system in the country. In terms of results, only Mississippi and Arkansas
save D.C. schools from coming in dead last in educational results (Edmonds, 2002). Compared to other states, Mississippi is a low-spending state.
At per-student spending of $5,382, it still spends more per student than does Utah at $4,890, which is 65 percent less than per-student spending in D.C. Additionally, Utah is
one of the nations leaders in achievement in public schools. "The states with both very high scores and very low spending are Idaho, North Dakota, and Utah" (Edmonds, 2002).
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