All of That Money

Money drives public education nowadays. (It certainly is not the true academic needs of the children.)

It's all about what the adults have, what they don't have, and what they want to have. We keep hearing about "budget cuts," as if there have been actual bottom-line cuts, but the total dollars for education keep going up, adults keep getting more toys, and student data points go up -- while the students' actual academic knowledge and abilities keep going down.

There is very little truth out there about the money. Here is a sample of my efforts to change that.


July 16, 2011: The Lake Wobegon Effect? Or deceit by omission?

July 29, 2011: District wants data system and more money. Taxpayers want academics and accountability. Vote for Sally.

October 9, 2011: Accountability, transparency desperately needed for education expenditures

November 13, 2011: Spokane Public Schools is a tale of two cities: And I live in the other one

January 15, 2012: Yes, vote for kids by asking adult questions about the levy

June 10, 2012: School district budget forums showcase half-truths, contempt for the public

July 17, 2012: Several school leaders refuse to say why district is adopting unproven products on top of already failed products; board president points to state

Nov. 25, 2012: Political indoctrination replacing academics as the mission of K-12 public education

Jan. 23, 2013: Common Core leading districts to adopt unproved math programs and failed approaches

May 6, 2013: Legislature and lawsuit help public education go in exactly the wrong direction. Again.

May 24, 2013: How we could fix public education, and why it won't happen