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I don't necessarily disagree, but the premise of the parent post was that this was simply a spending/budget problem.

Spending per pupil has risen every year over the last 20 in Milwaukee and performance & outcomes have dropped dramatically. Logic dictates that there are many other forces in play.

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I don't think I'd say my premise was that this was "simply" a budget problem. I was just saying that calling it a teacher shortage is a poor choice of words to describe the current problem -- we don't have a shortage of qualified teacher candidates, we have a shortage of capital necessary to hire them.

The education system and the problems therein (i.e., issues affecting student success) are certainly far more complicated and nuanced.

of course there are, but I don't think one can draw the conclusion that private schools are better with less money when they have a biased sample of students.

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