Comments on: EDUCATION SPENDING: Teachers Union Behind Tax Hike Says Colorado 26th In Funding, Campaign Says 49th https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/ Colorado's Conservative Bully Pulpit Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: István Prileszky https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9137 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:50:15 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9137 What this table fails to address are the increased costs associated with K-12 education in states like Colorado. There is a disproportionately high cost for transportation and supply of rural school districts, for example. Other costs in this vein drive the cost per student up.

Therefore, raw cost per student is misleading.

]]> By: Steve Becker https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9136 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:02:02 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9136 So, 26th in spending is good? My wife is a teacher and has taken a 9% pay cut in the last 6 years. Add to that reduced benefits, higher health care costs, and the result is she makes 16% less then she did 6 years ago. I am voting for it!!!!!

]]> By: Ben DeGrow https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9135 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:49:48 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9135 Lynn, the figures cited in the link is from the 2011-12 school year, the most recent data available. The "defunding of education" has been exaggerated and taken out of long-term context. Did you know that from 1970 to 2008 CO increased per pupil spending by 140% above inflation? The figure reported above is greater than per-pupil spending in 2008.

]]> By: William David Beadles https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9134 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:23:56 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9134 Money doesn't equal education. We home schooled our kids for much less per capita than public systems. Get education out of the hands of govt. govt can set standards, private companies can do the education. Dave 🙂

]]> By: Rich Normandie https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9133 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:15:48 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9133 Do you really think that poor performance falls entirely on the teachers? I have many teachers in my family and they work hard (even coming in on weekends and during the summer) for those kids. However, they can only do so much. If there are no educational expectations at home or the parents are not involved then the kids will not do well. It's a very simple concept. Instead of demonizing individuals it might be more helpful to understand why kids don't perform. Parents hold way more influence on the performance of their children than the teachers do.

]]> By: Lynn Allen https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9132 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:21:39 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9132 Learning to deal with the necessities of life shouldn't be a child's job. It's darned hard to concentrate on learning to read with hunger pangs. An educated population doesn't happen without public support and some concern about living conditions generally among the population. Defunding education will not help drive any economy. It's possible the unions have the right idea since education has lost significant ground over the past 30 years. It's time to reverse course.

]]> By: Lynn Allen https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9131 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:17:18 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9131 Anything more recent than 2007? That was before the 2008 crash and lots more defunding of education, increases in poverty and other financial devastation from Wall Street's mess.

]]> By: Brian Vande Krol https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9130 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:34:30 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9130 https://www.ajtt.org/NAEP%20correlation.pdf

]]> By: Luis Alvarez https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9129 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:03:24 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9129 It would be nice to see this side by side with school achievement rankings by state.

]]> By: Ben DeGrow https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/07/11/education-spending-teachers-union-behind-tax-hike-says-colorado-26th-in-funding-campaign-says-49th/#comment-9128 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:45:16 +0000 http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/?p=13412#comment-9128 So glad to see someone else bring attention to this duplicity….

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