Even more on education today. City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz is asking questions you're not supposed to think about.You might call it the $13 Billion question.
"How can we spend that much on our schools [each year] and still not have the money for things so basic as science labs or toilet paper . . . Are we getting good value for our money?"
Also:
"Over the past five years, [New York's education] budget has increased by about $4.5 billion, or 50 percent," Moskowitz writes. "Clearly, the quality of public education has not improved as much. The question is, why not? Are we spending on the wrong things?"
Plus:
"Twenty-two cents on every education dollar goes toward pensions, benefits and interest," Moskowitz notes. "These non-classroom costs are growing exponentially with no end in sight."
Maybe public education isn't a good idea?Anyway,do you think if we get national health care the government will run things any better?
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