dean of Curry School of Edu. at UVA wrote at op-ed on the state of education

[dead0man]

for the Washington Post and his main point was that

This lack of investment was only compounded by the Great Recession, which prompted state legislatures to shift already limited funds and sources of revenue from districts to balance their budgets and bridge spending gaps elsewhere. Nonwhite communities and underserved rural and urban areas particularly suffered the consequences, languishing as a result of regressive funding formulas tied to property taxes. To this day, funding levels have failed to recover from this raid on our schools' financial reserves.

when in fact, it's actually gone up 36% since 1989 and almost doubled from when I started school.


how does a dean at a top educational college not know this?  I just hope he's rightly embarrassed and not angry and looking for excuses for his ignorance.

[Trump Is A Maoist]

Does your claim tbat the dean is wrong adjust for inflation?

[dead0man]

Does your claim tbat the dean is wrong adjust for inflation?

yes

[brucejoel99]

Increased investment doesn't mean that said investment is still anywhere near enough (it's not), meaning the fact that education funding has increased isn't mutually exclusive from the fact that schools are still being starved for funds.

Indeed, when looking at per-pupil spending, compared to other countries, we're actually ranked quite low, wedged between Uruguay & Slovenia.

Not to mention, the bureaucracy, standardized testing, & general teacher apathy caused by the profession being under perpetual assault by the broader public culture don't help, either.