I don't understand the stakes here. I'm sure it's true that very few people who want more funding for education have a specific target number - most of us don't work for legislators or think tanks. But you don't need a target to determine that more funding would be better.
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Replying to @phil_igan @NoOneA790 and
That's completely wrong. A target is the result of having a plan to optimize an output (student learning or whatever) if you don't have a target you don't have a plan - you just have an excuse. "What went wrong?" "We didn't get enough money" <repeat forever>
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @NoOneA790 and
When I'm hungry my procedure is generally to 1) eat something, and then if I'm still hungry after that 2) I get more. What am I missing?
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Replying to @phil_igan @NoOneA790 and
You're missing that you know that eating solves hunger. The plan in "education" is more like 1) notice hunger 2) take a walk 3) if still hungry, repeat step (2). "Give me more money" isn't an education plan - it's a plan for getting more money.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @NoOneA790 and
Well, it's true that advocating more funding only makes sense if you have some evidence that it would help. But supposing you have some such evidence, what's wrong with not knowing the optimal amount of additional funding?
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Replying to @NoOneA790 @CovfefeAnon and
It's always going to depend on the opportunity costs - what else we could do with the same amount of money. That's extremely complicated, and anyway no one gets to implement his or her ideal budget. So we negotiate at the margins for a little more at a time.
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Replying to @NoOneA790 @phil_igan and
Spending has basically nothing to do with it at a higher level. Plan A is to educate students using these tools and techniques in these buildings and costs
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No one can name practices schools can't use due to lack of funds and how those practices relate to results because "more money needed" isn't anything rational - it's a power-seeking mantra.
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