New Education Funding Report: A Must Read for Plainfield School District Followers

I am on the run and can not do much whining writing on school matters ;-) but here is an excerpt on the still hot from the presses report on education funding released yesterday by the NJDOE:

In writing this Report, the Department began with a single question: Why has New Jersey’s achievement gap proven so resistant to the combination of Robinson, Abbott, and tens of billions of dollars? The Department quickly found the answer: New Jersey courts, the Legislature, and past Governors only got it half-right. They took an inarguable proposition – namely, that a school must have sufficient dollars to succeed – and twisted it into the wrongheaded notion that dollars alone equal success. In ignoring the issue of how money is spent, the courts, Legislature, and past Governors ignored a proposition equally basic – how well education dollars are spent matters. Through this Education Funding Report, the Department attempts to unite the how well with the how much.

Will there finally be someone looking, really looking, how monies get spent at Urban districts?  And will there be someone looking, really looking, into what is best for students?  Check the report HERE.

As usual, comments are welcome.  Hater comments are also welcome as long as they are written with finesse and decorum.