John Kuhn on Education Funding in Texas: There is a Hole in the Bucket - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

John Kuhn on Education Funding in Texas: There is a Hole in the Bucket - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:

John Kuhn on Education Funding in Texas: There is a Hole in the Bucket

by Anthony Cody

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Guest post by John Kuhn.

"There's a hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, Dear Liza."

At the root of the school reform debate as I see it is a fundamental disagreement about causality. No one disagrees that by any number of measures (PISA scores, graduation rates, etc.) the academic outcomes of some American students are horrendously unacceptable. On this point, even Michelle Rhee and Diane Ravitch are in perfect agreement, along with everyone else who thinks even a little bit about education.

But then the wheels come off.
When you ask the question, "What caused this?"