Comments on: More Money Myth http://jaypgreene.com/2008/04/20/more-money-myth/ With Help From Some Friends Tue, 15 May 2012 23:49:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: plum grenville http://jaypgreene.com/2008/04/20/more-money-myth/#comment-50 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:58:30 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-50 I don’t buy the claim that money makes no difference. If extra money doesn’t make a difference, why do middle and upperclass parents bother with fundraising? Are these well-educated people all deluded?

I’m not going to waste my time reading the referenced “bulk of rigorous research” (one paper by somebody connected with the Hoover Institute) unless I can also read a response written by someone who doesn’t have a rightwing agenda.

]]> By: Dave Smith http://jaypgreene.com/2008/04/20/more-money-myth/#comment-21 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:31:33 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-21 You are right, Greg. It is known fact that all 50 states are dead last in teacher pay.

]]> By: Greg Forster http://jaypgreene.com/2008/04/20/more-money-myth/#comment-19 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:54:30 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-19 Somebody should compile all the claims that a given state ranks very low on spending. I’ll bet there are at least 30 states that are allegedly in the bottom five states in the country.

]]> By: Larry Bernstein http://jaypgreene.com/2008/04/20/more-money-myth/#comment-18 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:35:19 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-18 I just went to the Irvine Public School Foundation website and as I suspected the only two large corporate givers were Donald Bren’s corporate holding company the Irvine Company. The only other large giver was another local home builder.

]]> By: Larry Bernstein http://jaypgreene.com/2008/04/20/more-money-myth/#comment-17 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:25:29 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-17 In the posting above, Jay references a large gift to the Irvine school system. I wonder if the money is coming from Donald Bren’s related foundation. Bren is the largest real estate developer in the County and a multi-billionaire related to his successful real estate ventures in Irvine. His gift giving isn’t purely altrusitic and represents a desire to improve the education of local schools which will increase the value of his local real estate holdings. As Jay suggests, private giving is isolated and not a long term solution. Private schools have more value as it represents a direct purchase by the student/parent.

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