Philly Inquirer: "The time is now to demand a reversal of devastating state funding cuts"

Data:
Philly Inquirer: "State lawmakers have drastically reduced state funding for public schools over the last generation."

Data:
My response to this verifiably false claim is now at @NRO:
nationalreview.com/2021/04/the-pe…
"Public-school funding has actually been increasing for decades.

The real problem is a lack of incentive for schools to meet students’ needs."

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6 Apr
Wisconsin State Superintendent election is today
Kerr: "I am pro-kid, I support great schools, and I do not support taking away a parent's right to choose where their child goes to school."

Underly: "I'm against the privatization of our public school system and I'm against using our public dollars to fund voucher schools."
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"Kennesaw State University's Ben Scafidi has revealed that inflation–adjusted K–12 education spending per student increased by 27% between 1992 and 2014 in the U.S. —

but that teacher salaries dropped by 2% in real terms over the same period."
nationalreview.com/2021/04/the-pe…
"At the same time, in Pennsylvania, inflation-adjusted K–12 education spending per student increased by 38 percent, while teacher salaries dropped by 3 percent in constant dollars."
"Dr. Scafidi additionally found that the number of full-time teachers in the U.S. increased 2.5 times as fast as the number of students between 1950 and 2015 — and that the number of administrators and other staff increased more than 7 times as fast as the number of students"
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6 Apr
"Public-school funding has actually been increasing for decades.

The real problem is a lack of incentive for schools to meet students’ needs."
"It’s long past time for us to fix the messed up incentive structure that’s baked into the public-school system by funding students directly and empowering families."

My latest at @NRO:
nationalreview.com/2021/04/the-pe…
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5 Apr
The @PhillyInquirer still hasn't corrected this false claim that "State lawmakers have dramatically reduced state funding for public schools over the last generation."
Philly Inquirer: "State lawmakers have dramatically reduced state funding for public schools over the last generation."

Data: Image
Pennsylvania K-12 education funding per student:

1990: $10,512
2000: $12,328
2010: $16,089
2019: $18,238

73% inflation-adjusted increase since 1990.

Philly Inquirer: Image
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1 Apr
the Philly Inquirer published this false claim

No it's not an April Fool's joke
Philly Inquirer: "State lawmakers have dramatically reduced state funding for public schools over the last generation."

Data:
Pennsylvania K-12 education funding per student:

1990: $10,512
2000: $12,328
2010: $16,089
2019: $18,238

73% inflation-adjusted increase since 1990.

Philly Inquirer:
Read 7 tweets
30 Mar
Pennsylvania K-12 education funding per student:

1990: $10,512
2000: $12,328
2010: $16,089
2019: $18,238

73% inflation-adjusted increase since 1990.

Philly Inquirer:
Philly Inquirer: "State lawmakers have dramatically reduced state funding for public schools over the last generation."

Data:
Their claim is false even when we only look at state funding per student

1990: $4,066
2000: $4,672
2010: $5,721
2019: $6,843

68% real increase since 1990.
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