Joanne Jacobs reports that Washington D.C. public schools are spending an incredible $16,334 per student. And D.C. students rank near the bottom for performance. A couple months ago someone pointed out that it would be cheaper to fly students to India and put them in a boarder school. For $16,334 maybe the students could fly first class.
Joanne also has the latest on Morgan Spurlock (he produced SuperSizeMe) who swore during a speech at high school health fair, and then justified himself. One good thing about homeschooling is we can screen out adults who act like juveniles.
Some schools are cutting back on history and science to focus on reading and math. At first this seems like a bad idea, but in some cases if the students are way behind, this can be a blessing. If they don't have the basics down, they aren't learning anything. Joanne links to a number of bloggers who are discussing the issue.
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