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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Twisted Truths & Dubious Policies: Comments on the NJDOE/Cerf School Funding Report « School Finance 101

Twisted Truths & Dubious Policies: Comments on the NJDOE/Cerf School Funding Report « School Finance 101:


Twisted Truths & Dubious Policies: Comments on the NJDOE/Cerf School Funding Report

Yesterday, we were blessed with the release of yet another manifesto (as reported here on NJ Spotlight) from what has become the New Jersey Department of Reformy Propaganda.  To be fair, it has become increasingly clear of late, that this is simply the new model for State Education Agencies (see NYSED Propaganda Here), with the current US Dept of Education often leading the way.
Notably, there’s little change in this report from a) the last one or b) the Commissioner’s state of the schools address last spring.
The core logic of the original report remains intact:
  1. That NJ has a problem – and that problem is  the achievement gap between low income and non-low income kids;
  2. That spending money on these kids doesn’t help – in fact it might just hurt – but it’s certainly a waste;