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| Why Does It Cost So Much to Educate a Child in America? |
| 2018-08-14 |
| h/t Instapundit We've heard a lot recently about the I Promise School that LeBron James is helping to start in Akron, Ohio, and, in theory, it seems like a good idea: Gather up 240 at-risk students into a school that, in addition to academics, provides "wraparound" services like free breakfast and lunch and an extended school day and school year to keep kids off the streets. The Akron Beacon Journal reports some staggering dollar amounts being poured into the school that will enroll 240 kids. The school, which is public and part of Akron Public Schools, is costing the district nearly $2.9 million from its general fund to cover the cost of most salaries, benefits, supplies and other base elements of the school. By 2023, Pendleton estimates the school will cost the district a cumulative total of $8.1 million, but he considers it a "long-term investment" that will lead to smaller class sizes in other schools, better enrollment and improved report card ratings, among other benefits. The contributions to the school from the foundation and its partners has amounted to more than $2 million for its physical transformation, additional staffing for smaller class sizes, technology, wraparound supports and other upgrades for the first year, according to the foundation. Peg’s Foundation is committing $2.5 million to the school over the next five years, primarily for its wraparound support services, but also for whatever the LeBron James Family Foundation deems necessary in its first few years. Contrary to some reporting, the LeBron James Family Foundation isn't footing the bill for all of the school's operating expenses. The foundation has donated $2 million thus far for start-up costs and has committed to another $2 million a year as the school builds to capacity. Because IPS will be part of the Akron City School District, a little over 14,000 in tax dollars will be allocated for each pupil enrolled in the school‐the same as for students in every other school in the district. Add to that the millions in charity dollars that will be poured into the school every year and the cost of each child's education begins to skyrocket. The chart below shows how education dollars are spent in each state. Note that less than half of school expenditures go to pay teacher salaries‐and that gray "other" category comes out to around 28 percent of the total amount spent. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #13 Who said they are being educated? |
| Posted by: newc 2018-08-14 21:05 |
| #12 #10 - when semi-coherent and not stupidly profane or bot racism, we leave him up |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-08-14 19:55 |
| #11 they arent educators they're aministrators |
| Posted by: 746 2018-08-14 19:40 |
| #10 Stupid kids grow up to embrace common core and then teach it making them all the more stupid so it takes longer to teach them duh! |
| Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 2018-08-14 17:48 |
| #9 The "education industry" like all others in America is about sustaining itself, nothing more. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-08-14 17:43 |
| #8 Gender, Ethnic Studies profs earn about $12k more than peers |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-08-14 13:35 |
| #7 The Fake Indian, who made $400K for teaching one class, might be a part of the problem too. Of course, she'll tell you otherwise. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-08-14 12:15 |
| #6 Oh,...and tenured instructors. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-14 11:40 |
| #5 Mmmm...textbook standardization, transportation motor pool that nobody uses, aging/failed facilities and physical plant, property appreciation, toxic children? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-14 09:42 |
| #4 We always hear about how the US healthcare system is too costly and under performs. The stats are always dicey. Maybe we should switch out healthcare for public education as a more precise measure of the shortcomings of the greatest nation on earth. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2018-08-14 09:32 |
| #3 Who produces the administrators and educators that run this ship? The same ones who credentialed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, our universities and colleges. They all changed to paper mills in pursuit of subsidized monies. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-08-14 08:02 |
| #2 ...Twenty-five years ago, I dealt very closely with the Akron school system as a USAF recruiter. It was hopeless then, and I suspect it hasn't gotten any better. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-08-14 04:50 |
| #1 "wraparound support services" = government replacing parents. I'm surprised nobody has pointed out how racist it is to assume that being around black parents is toxic to their children. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2018-08-14 04:10 |