tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post112682214808640785..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: Urban EducationStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1130291425011352102005-10-25T20:50:00.000-05:002005-10-25T20:50:00.000-05:00On expenditures -- yes, NYC is more expensive. St...On expenditures -- yes, NYC is more expensive. Still, an extra $3,000 per student per year translates to an extra $60,000 per classroom (assuming 20 students per class). Assume that the teachers are paid $30,000 more than the national average (a tidy sum). Then that still leaves $30,000 per classroom per year to go towards extra building expenses or whatnot. If a school has 40 classes, that's an extra $1.2 million per year. Nothing to sneeze at, even if NYC does cost more. (These are just guesses on my part, of course, but the point is that $3,000 per student could go a long way.) <BR/><BR/>In my limited understanding, a scripted program for teaching reading would have a strict regimen for teaching phonics, various words, etc., etc. I don't know that it makes any sense to say that one reading program emphasizes "data" over "understanding," or vice versa.Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.com