Thanks to Jeremy for two links today engineered to get me all steamed up. One article was Rudy’s pick for the World Series. As if we needed another reason to not vote for the man. The second link will make for more productive discussion and far less profanity.

According to the Economist, an increase in the funding of schools has not led to improvement in test scores.  They point to evidence from several countries.  England has dumped money into their schools. No improvement. Australia – Money, no results. US – money, no results. While Singapore hasn’t spent any more money and their schools are great. So, what’s the deal?

Well, some new study says that the difference between countries with good schools, like Singapore and Finland, and countries with bad schools, like ours, is the quality of the teachers.

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