This article was written by renowned radio host Ted Flint.
U.S. taxpayers are forced to shell out more and more money each year on education. The education cartel keeps insisting that its money well-spent, a sound “investment,” for America’s children. But a closer look at the numbers suggests a major portion of school funding is not for the benefit of the children, but rather for the adults tasked with educating our young people. And how is the government doing in this endeavor? It is far from an “A” grade and is clearly not worth the kind of “investment” it receives from taxpayers.
Take just one state’s example: According to the New York Post “New figures…show that New York City spends more than twice the national average to educate its public-school students — but recent test scores reveal a sorry return on that investment. The city shelled out a whopping $25,199 per pupil during fiscal 2017, compared to just $12,201 nationwide, according to data from the US Census Bureau. The record amount tops a list of per-pupil spending by the country’s 100 biggest school systems, and exceeds second-place Boston’s $22,292 by 13 percent. But recent state test results indicate that Big Apple taxpayers aren’t getting much of a bang for their bucks, with less than half of the kids in public schools exhibiting a fundamental grasp of English and math skills.”
Are taxpayers in the Empire State and across the country getting an adequate return on their investment? Over half of per pupil spending went to teachers and staff. Does all that spending buy better results? According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the gold standard in measuring educational achievement, New York’s fourth graders scored in the bottom tier in mathematics, only 12 states ranked lower. Eighth graders fared somewhat better finishing 28th overall. In reading, the state’s fourth graders finished in the middle of the pack at number 25, while eighth graders were 33rd. Incidentally, Massachusetts finished number one in all four categories, while Puerto Rico was dead last.
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Then there are safety concerns. In the wake of another deadly school shooting, this one in Colorado, there is once again a push in some school districts to arm hall monitors or staff to better protect our young people. In the mid-1960’s when I attended Sacred Heart Catholic School in North Albany, I don’t remember any need for armed school monitors or guards. We had Sister Mary Edmund walking the hallways. There were no shootings or stabbings, and certainly no one even thought about attacking a nun or a lay teacher. It was a different time. The nuns taught the three R ’s and the children learned. There was no social engineering in the classrooms of the kind envisioned by John Dewey and Horace Mann. The state governments of New Jersey and California mandate that public schools in those states teach LGBT history. How long until New York and other deep Blue states follow suit?
Citizens concerned about their children’s future need to get involved in education at the local level: attending school board meetings, electing liberty-minded people to those boards and being proactive in your children’s education. We cannot leave something so important to government to accomplish. Education is best left to the states and to the localities. The federal government has historically played a minimal role in education, but its involvement has steadily increased since the 1960’s and LBJ’s Great Society. And the results leave a lot to be desired.