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I don’t know why anyone’s surprised. Nutter is a technocrat who used to be a municipal bond dealer. His wife Lisa works for a charter-friendly organization and supports the schools breakup plan:
Nutter explained that at the core of the SRC’s plan is an approach to decentralize. “I agree with that,” she asserted. “Some parts of the public school system need to be dismantled.” Nutter said she likes the SRC’s strategy to implement so-called achievement networks, groups of 25 schools that would be competitively managed according to performance-based contracts, utilizing value-added assessment. “It makes sense to me,” Nutter said, adding that coming into the network with an established skill set will be a critical factor.
When people ask the question “Where this has worked?”, Nutter said the answer is difficult to come by because “nobody’s done this.” She mentioned that other cities, such as New York and Denver, are only just starting to move in a similar direction. The precedent is just not there. Philadelphia is “not often thought of being in front of things, but we actually are,” Nutter elaborated.
On this topic: Every student in every school across the country should have the same amount of money spent on their education. What is spent should not depend on where they live or the local tax base. A student living in Beverly Hills should have the same amount spent on them as the student living in South Philly. If a rich student decides to attend a private school they should be counted as attending the local public school and their per-student allowence should still go into the kitty. On another Nutter topic: Didn’t you just know that the crane operator was going to end up as the fall guy for that building collapse? What liars and phonies all politicians are.
So, Philly’s leading in the race to the bottom. “nobody’s done this” Like any marketing initiative, the Education Industrial complex is trotting out a new product to replace the old disproven product. Value added? Not even. Tax dollars poured down a rat hole? You betcha!
Wake up folks. The Democratic Party belongs lock, stock and barrel to the Nutter, Clinton, Emanuel, and Rendels of the world, and they own everything from Obama on down. Run for the exits.
Every student in every school across the country should have the same amount of money spent on their education. What is spent should not depend on where they live or the local tax base. A student living in Beverly Hills should have the same amount spent on them as the student living in South Philly.
Have the same dollar amount spent? — No.
Have the same equivalent resources? — Yes.
There are significant disparities in local costs of living throughout the country. It costs a lot more to live and function in San Francisco and Silicon Valley than in rural Kansas, and Philly is somewhere in between. School land and construction costs, teacher, administrator, bus driver, and custodian costs, as well as taxes collected on the local, state, and federal level all reflect this.
The localities that drive the nation’s private and public economic engines should not be penalized for their contributions.
Ethank you for posting this.