tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post113634759965528746..comments2023-09-25T21:22:28.439-04:00Comments on Cup Of Joe Powell: A Statewide Porperty Tax for Education?Joe Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1136410330546304282006-01-04T16:32:00.000-05:002006-01-04T16:32:00.000-05:00Editor, I agree. Parents make a world of differenc...Editor, I agree. Parents make a world of difference in a child's perception of education. Money, however will only help if <B>educators</B> get to choose how to spend it. We have two computer labs with 25 computers each, and I have seven in my classroom. What I don't have is enough text books. I have seven computers in my classroom and I use a "smartboard". What I don't have (and am not allowed to purchase with school funds) is new printer cartridges to make reinforcement tools. When the school board decides how the money will be spent it becomes a dog and pony show. We get new technologies that look great but not the tools (nor staff) to help implement them. Why hire more tech staff when the <B>seven</B> assistants to the superintendent and myriad of other central office cronies need a new BMW?Mountain Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06850550892261415574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1136399712327281292006-01-04T13:35:00.000-05:002006-01-04T13:35:00.000-05:00In an era when the best and brightest of universit...In an era when the best and brightest of university professors are villified as being culturally elite upstarts, it is no wonder that the state of Tennessee would have a problem with its graduation rates. So many Tennesseans view Education as an institution that causes folks to get above their raising and not as means to pull themselves out of a perpetual state of poverty. For goodness sake, we're still wrangling over the viability of teaching evolution in the public schools. Throwing money at the school system <I>might</I> solve some problems (bringing in better teachers, offering computer labs, repairing older buildings), but it will never force residents to become involved in the educational process.<BR/><BR/>Until parents become hands-on involved, the problem is going to continue. And given that so many in Tennessee are so woefully undereducated themselves, the motivation to become involved in their own children's education is a long time coming.The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249851191248100823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1136370000231871902006-01-04T05:20:00.000-05:002006-01-04T05:20:00.000-05:00It seems the answer is always more money except wh...It seems the answer is always more money except when I need more money then the answer is to cut back my spending.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754214529181108490noreply@blogger.com