Do NYS Graduation Measures Adequately Prepare Students for Career and/or College?
We all know that the primary purpose of high school is to keep teenagers and parents apart to reduce patricide, matricide and infanticide, that being said …
Over the past month I have blogged a number of times over the current year-long process to review graduate measures, commonly known as high school graduation requirements.
The elephant in the room, the topic that will not be discussed is equity.
Educational funding in New York State is dramatically inequitable,
Despite New York’s equalizing State aid system, there remain tremendous disparities between New York State school districts in fiscal resources available to support education. In 2015-16, approved operating expenditure per pupil ranged from $11,072 for the district at the 10th percentile to $21,135 for the district at the 90th percentile, a 91 percent difference.
In a class of thirty students the difference between the 10th percentile and the 90th percentile of $300,000 per class!
This deeply corrupt system is embedded in state law. Most funding comes from property taxes (local budgets in the Big Five cities), the differences across the state, as described above, are enormous. The Foundation Aid formula is CONTINUE READING: Do NYS Graduation Measures Adequately Prepare Students for Career and/or College? | Ed In The Apple
