How Public Schools in Texas are Funded

[@MakerDent]

We should compare outside the US as well. I think the US needs to recognize that our school system is largely a day care program. Other countries teach more with less time. If we accepted 12-20 hours of classroom learning a week, how would we structure schools and our budgets differently? We also need to realize that high school should be preparing for a career. That might mean less time in the classroom. Apprenticeship and co-op programs should be the main focus. If an individual wants to focus on academics/college prep, then they should be in a program that gets them credits.

[@manofmartin]

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[@michaelspangle4728]

@Real estate mindset

[@XD9scCC]

Wouldn't it be better to get rid of the inefficiencies of the public school system before asking for more funding? How many of the United State's school funding amounts are less than Texas but more productive? I think school choice and homeschooling produce, dollar for dollar, better results than public schools.

[@91thewatcher23]

Public schools provide WAY more than private schools do, and takes our money further. Their mandate to educate EVERYONE, no matter location or background, both produces market inefficiencies by doing things that for-profit businesses wouldn't make a profit on, and also reaps efficiencies that those same for-profit businesses wouldn't by larger economies of scale and centralized planning. Also, private schools produce equal or worse outcomes in terms of test scores and student achievement post-graduation than most public schools, not that private schools are less funded, but that they do less with more than public schools due to standards that public schools have to achieve. There are pros and cons to either, but it is not fair to rural citizens to have their dollars go to a voucher system that their children will never use because there is not a business incentive to create a private school out in the middle of nowhere. My sister, mother, and great grandfather are/were all teachers here in Texas and I hate this voucher program being shoved down our throats. I'm a Christian, and providing equal access to good public schooling to anyone willing to attend and being a part of that process with everyone of all backgrounds is core to our faith. I am really discouraged by the choices of my fellow brethren, citizens, and our state authorities in pursuing this detrimental voucher program that will only benefit owners of private schools.

[@XD9scCC]

@@91thewatcher23 Perhaps on some level. But what are public schools providing other than basic education? There's no shortage of public schools - Baltimore, Chicago, NY, etc. where kids are graduating without being able to read or do basic math. And that's after a tremendous amount of money was spent per student. I still don't think more money is the answer.

[@Backburner1118]

@@XD9scCCcheck yourself, those respective states have some of the best public education compared to Texas and other southern states.

[@XD9scCC]

@@Backburner1118 Maybe. But that's little consolation for the kids in the Chicago, Baltimore, and NY public school systems.

[@Backburner1118]

⁠@@XD9scCCidk man, the worst school districts seem to be rural. I don’t see why you’re trying to imply cities are worse overall.

[@michaelspangle4728]

Wealth stripping funds schools.