I have no idea who Annie Woodward is. I never heard of her before last week. All I know is that she’s running for a seat on the Milwaukee School Board.<\/p>\n
Today I had the pleasure of getting one of her fliers. And was immediately saddened at how obviously clueless she is. So here’s a little math lesson for her…<\/p>\n
Annie’s flier says the following:<\/p>\n
A WORKABLE BUDGET
\nIncreased funding leads to higher achievement. The city and state need to adjust the funding formula to get the money our students deserve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWhere do I start, Annie?<\/p>\n
First, the problem is not the funding formula<\/a>. It never has been the problem. So let’s quit crying wolf about the funding formula.<\/p>\n
Second, increased funding does not lead to higher achievement, and Milwaukee Public Schools has demonstrated that well.<\/p>\n
Here’s how bad MPS sucks: The majority of students in the upper grades cannot read and cannot do math<\/a>. Yet more money than ever is being spent per child in school. As you can see here<\/a>, the district is now spending more than $14,000 per child per school year. This is a 48% spending increase per student since 2000. That is obscene.<\/p>\n
So please… if you really want to be taken seriously, do your homework before distributing fliers with such nonsense on them. We don’t need to spend more money. We need a new school system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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