There is never enough money

The Heritage Foundation has a link to a column by Laurence D. Cohen, a columnist. Laurence tries to shine some light on money, politics, and education in Conecticut. I love this line:

"The publicity machine is working overtime, offering up the message that
the amount of money needed to provide an 'equitable' or 'equal' or sort-of-OK
share of educational funding to all the cities and towns is infinite and, of
course, does not require accountability for how the money is used."

Thomas Sowell explored this idea in great depth in "Inside American Education" (on page 8) that:

"the responses of the education establishment to the academic deficiences
of their students today include (1) secrecy, (2) camouflage, (3) denial, (4)
shifting the blame elsewhere, and (5) demanding more money."

The tax payer is made to feel guilty; if he doesn't give what the school system wants, then he isn't "committed." Thomas Sowell's book was a turning point for us. The first hundred pages document and cover dozens of problems with public schools.

Laurence Cohen goes on to say that research has shown that in the past more money hasn't fixed the problems with public education, so we should ignore the school system demand for more money.

It is a good column.