Money is not the Answer! (Score 1)

The number one thing i think we do poorly is allocate money to school districts that accomplish nothing. The public likes to pass levies for public schools even though the schools waste the money away. Every school should be accountable for every dollar they get in taxpayer money. It should be detailed in writing and schools should have to keep the same kind of records as many industries (like insurance, banking) where they have to show where the money goes. I also agree with a previous poster that grade inflation does not help anything. The trophy for everyone mentality creates a sence that there are no clear successes and failures, and the concept of failing at something is as important to development as the concept of succeeding. Finally another money related issue, why can't schools use available resources better. I took an social economics class in college where one of the examples looked at school levies. I don't remember the exact statistics but it was a case study where one school used money to hire new teachers and another simply reallocated teachers across topics, and transfered different teachers in and out of schools. The simple change of location resulted in the school that didn't spend the money showing better results in proficiencies and better improvement in all areas of education.