Texas Schools
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Surface area requires a 3-dimensional object. The representations above are in 2-dimensions. I think the proper term is cross-sectional area or raised surface area to be accurate.
When I was a kid in school ('81 - '94), they just called it "area."
It took you that long to complete High School? No wonder you went to Baylor Law.
Monahorns
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The proper term is simply "area". Cross-section is when you cut a 3D object and take the area of the 2D surface.
Good. **** them.
Monahorns
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The Proposition results show that R voters want school choice and support DefendTheGuard legislation.
In defense of the teachers, kids are prone to swiping real pennies. Plastic ones, not so much.
This is what I was thinking.
The joke is on the kids then. Good lesson about inflation.
Wow, had to look it up on Amazon. Yes after tax $12 for 100 fake pennies and it gets a 4.8 star rating.
How amazing is this...hard proof that education does not equal intelligence.
I agree mostly with there being a problem with public ed. but I don't agree that this is the solution.
Republican Proposition 11 (80% approval)
Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
Some prop's got mid-90's and some in the 70's. This one fell about middle of the pack. I think a lot of people are still concerned about the potential fallout of allowing the money to follow.
1. I think it will largely lead to private ed tuition increases with only nominal increase access to education choices. In other words, the people that already use private school will still be 90+% of the people using private schools.
2. don't know how accurate this assertion is...but one flier I got claimed that we could see illegal immigrants use this as a method to get tax dollars (that they didn't actually pay) routed to institutions that would prop up illegal immigration by way of making specialized ed paths for illegal immigrant kids.
Republican Proposition 11 (80% approval)
Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
Some prop's got mid-90's and some in the 70's. This one fell about middle of the pack. I think a lot of people are still concerned about the potential fallout of allowing the money to follow.
1. I think it will largely lead to private ed tuition increases with only nominal increase access to education choices. In other words, the people that already use private school will still be 90+% of the people using private schools.
2. don't know how accurate this assertion is...but one flier I got claimed that we could see illegal immigrants use this as a method to get tax dollars (that they didn't actually pay) routed to institutions that would prop up illegal immigration by way of making specialized ed paths for illegal immigrant kids.
This can be easily addressed in how the bill is written. When I worked at the Capitol, the voucher bill under consideration required private schools to accept the voucher as full and final payment. That should be in bill that ultimately passes.
This is fear mongering, but even if it happens at some point, I would make that trade-off to give kids in crappy schools a ticket out.
Monahorns
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Totally agree with these takes. School choice is needed and good laws must be written to minimize unintended negative affects. Even better would be no government schools, but that isn't close to reality right now.
Monahorns
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I hope Mary Bone wins a seat on the Texas SBE. She knows RRISD is hopeless at this point and wants to force change at the state level. I normally want decisions made more locally, but localism isn't my priority is. Natural law and natural rights are and RRISD is fighting against those things vehemently.
But the kids who can't get out of the crappy schools get an even crappier school.
Monahorns
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Our problem with schools isn't them teaching inefficiently or being bad at education. The problem is that they are unsafe because they let violent students beat others to death AND they actively propagandize our youth to believe what the woke progressive state wants them to believe.
Guy,
I think you deserve an answer to your question, however without demonstrative proof, all is speculation. Let's start by doing away with "Robin Hood", allow districts to exist with their own tax base and see how that works for ten years.
Is there a single instance where shipping part of the funding halfway across the state has produced a significant improvement to the students? As long as the measuring stick is the TAAS test (or whatever that abortion is called) and teachers do nothing but "teach the test", we cannot find and answer.
I am a believer in standardized testing, BUT not at the risk of destroying children's education.
As an example, some 20 years ago, a fairly sizable ISD had an average score of 52%, but two years later the district was at 92%. Want the real reason; go to the warehouse loading dock of HEB or Walmart and talk to the "improved graduates."
I think you deserve an answer to your question, however without demonstrative proof, all is speculation. Let's start by doing away with "Robin Hood", allow districts to exist with their own tax base and see how that works for ten years.
Is there a single instance where shipping part of the funding halfway across the state has produced a significant improvement to the students? As long as the measuring stick is the TAAS test (or whatever that abortion is called) and teachers do nothing but "teach the test", we cannot find and answer.
I am a believer in standardized testing, BUT not at the risk of destroying children's education.
As an example, some 20 years ago, a fairly sizable ISD had an average score of 52%, but two years later the district was at 92%. Want the real reason; go to the warehouse loading dock of HEB or Walmart and talk to the "improved graduates."
We need November election of all school board trustees (though RRISD already does this), and they need to partisan officeholders. In the case of Round Rock, the district might still be a mess but probably wouldn't be quite as bad.
Monahorns
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Your premise is wrong. Don't assume less funding goes to students. Most of the money in the government system is wasted on things not related to education. Alternatives are more efficient with resources. Plus it doesn't take that much money to learn things in today's world.
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