Education
My School Is Worse Than Yours – Conclusion
In December 2004 the Seattle Post Intelligencer ran an article titled “State slips behind in school spending” subtitled “Administrators release study, call for Legislature to act.” In previous articles we examined two of the statistics quoted in that article, specifically, class size and per-student spending. The big problem of the originally quoted statistics was... »
My School Is Worse Than Yours; Funding – Part 2
In December 2004 the Seattle Post Intelligencer ran an article titled “State slips behind in school spending” subtitled “Administrators release study, call for Legislature to act.” The article notes: Washington ranked 34th in the nation for per pupil spending during the 2002-03 school year, spending $7579 per pupil compared with the national average of $8428 In... »
My School Is Worse Than Yours; Class Size – Part 1
In December 2004 the Seattle Post Intelligencer ran an article titled “State slips behind in school spending” subtitled “Administrators release study, call for Legislature to act.” The article begins: Washington ranks 34th in the nation when it comes to funding K-12 public education, according to a study spearheaded by school administrators. State and federal support for... »
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