40 yrs of Chicano Studies

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Old 10-06-2009, 10:00 AM
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To try to make sense of California school funding and expense is a difficult task. Sources of School funding are about 60% state, 20% federal, and a hodgepodge of other sources, such as Mello-Roos assessments and developer fees.

It is a lot of work to sort through the information and make the apples work with the oranges. There is incomplete and sometimes contradictory information, some of which may come from misrepresented information in reports. There are different methods for interpreting data, and there are different methods of presenting data.

One report may compare teacher's salaries in various states and adjust for cost of living, but doesn't tie in cost per pupil, drop out rate versus graduation data or learning proficiency. There is a lot of room for misinterpretation or manipulation of data.

Some things come through on a common enough theme.