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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]30,000 per student in DC.  that is what charters get and what dcps gets per student?  Holy cow!

Yes, if you give me 30,000 per kid, I'm pretty sure I could arrange an excellent education for my kids.  How can DCPS not?  Basically, they could hire like one teacher for every 5 kids? [/quote]

That's not 30k going directly to instruction. It's everything else you need to manage a large organization. It's also an average - kids with more needs get more. There is much more to running a school district than paying a teacher. [/quote]

DC has one of the highest per-pupil spending of any school district.  According to one study, DC has the highest per-pupil spending of any school district in the country.  They pay teachers very highly for the area, so that explains some of the amount.  The rest of it?  [/quote]

Well lets take this apart.  The vouchers crowd claims that the free market represents the "true" educational model.  Hence, the amount of vouchers ought to reflect the price that can be paid on the free market for a good education.  The good privates in DC charge somewhere around 30k/year.  Hence, 30k/year is a reasonable market price in DC to pay for a good education.  [/quote]

Sorry, forgot the last hence:  Hence, 30k per pupil expenditure is about exactly right for DCPS.  [/quote]

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