Interesting read on Rick Perry

[andrewhoya]

No, I'm not saying there may not be a problem. But You need to evaluate with more then a stat from Paul Krugman types....

A stat is a stat in my book...

[sanfran22]

A stat is a stat in my book...

You can skew them pretty badly which Krugman does all the time.

[andrewhoya]

So you think 4 billion would fix that? There are larger issues at work here. Maybe the family could help with that. Maybe the statistics don't take alot of things into account.
I'm not against money for schools, there just needs to be total transparency to where that money is going. We have had several issues here in my area of lies and abuse of funds for schools. I'm done with the threats and pleas.

Many parents dont have HS diplomas.

[pghin08]

You can skew them pretty badly which Krugman does all the time.

he's referencing more the "pushout" rate than dropout rate. one of the things no child left behind did was encourage schools to "push out" their lower performing students and tell them to just get GED's rather than lower the median test score of the school.

[sanfran22]

Many parents dont have HS diplomas.

Lol, where's that "stat".

[andrewhoya]

You can skew them pretty badly which Krugman does all the time.

Can you find me the same stat that proves Krugman wrong, then?

[andrewhoya]

Lol, where's that "stat".

Did you even read the article?!

It ranks first in adults without high school diplomas.

[sanfran22]

he's referencing more the "pushout" rate than dropout rate. one of the things no child left behind did was encourage schools to "push out" their lower performing students and tell them to just get GED's rather than lower the median test score of the school.

Where did he state that? I didn't see any reference.

[sanfran22]

Can you find me the same stat that proves Krugman wrong, then?

The article I linked showed a different picture. Krugman just uses a small part of the argument usually.

[sanfran22]

Did you even read the article?!

Again, how is that stat determined?