How The Budget Cuts Effects on Our Schools Are Ridiculous

In California High Schools, it is hard to go a day without being reminded on how the budget cuts are lowering the quality of our education. We often hear complaints about how there isn't money for white board markers or copies of worksheets even. But how much should the budget cuts hurt us if schools become more efficient? How much money is being wasted? The answer seems to be: we should be getting better educations because ridiculous amounts of money is being squandered.

The per-pupil spending in California according to the NEA is $7,942. Sure, that is less than the national average of $8,973 per pupil in 1990, and New York, New Jersey, Vermont and the District of Columbia spend more than $12,000 per-pupil. This, however,   shows the problem within our schools are not limited to California alone. 

How does this show us the problem? It does it because private schools are known to do better than public schools, and their tuition is actually lower than the per-pupil cost in public schools. How much less? How about 50% less? In fact, Education Department figures show that the average tuition for all private schools, elementary and secondary, is $3,116, or less than half of the cost per pupil in the average public school.

Sure there are some private schools that charge more than $10,000, but in certain states the per-pupil spending is that high too. Those that do, however, are also the exception and  offer an exceptional education or some sort of benefit.

Therefore, the solution to all this is not spending more money on education-that leads to more of the same incompetence in flashier settings with flashier gizmo's. You cannot catch salt-water fish in fresh water lakes no matter how expensive your equipment may be. What ought to be done is to do real reform or privatize education in America. I say privatize!