I'm not sure I get your point now. In your blog post you suggest reducing government spending on education will lead to (more?) ignorant citizens. I responded that a massive increase in spending on public education in recent decades hasn't resulted in a less ignorant public. Indeed, I'm not aware of any other country in the world that spends significantly more per student on education than America, yet our students consistently rank below average in most academic areas on standardized tests.
Your response would seem to indicate you believe that public schools have not been effective in sufficiently banishing ignorance since their inception in the early 1900s. If that's the case why would you argue against decreasing funding to support them?
Government education spending on a dollar/student/year basis has increased three-fold in inflation adjusted dollars since 1970. If all it took were money to banish ignorance then Americans should be the most saavy, well-informed people on the planet.
Gotcha, so you weren't having a serious discussion...
Thanks.
I'm not sure I get your point now. In your blog post you suggest reducing government spending on education will lead to (more?) ignorant citizens. I responded that a massive increase in spending on public education in recent decades hasn't resulted in a less ignorant public. Indeed, I'm not aware of any other country in the world that spends significantly more per student on education than America, yet our students consistently rank below average in most academic areas on standardized tests.
Your response would seem to indicate you believe that public schools have not been effective in sufficiently banishing ignorance since their inception in the early 1900s. If that's the case why would you argue against decreasing funding to support them?
Government education spending on a dollar/student/year basis has increased three-fold in inflation adjusted dollars since 1970. If all it took were money to banish ignorance then Americans should be the most saavy, well-informed people on the planet.