Comments on: More on Weighted Student Funding [UPDATED] http://www.edwize.org/more-on-weighted-student-funding Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: The Daily Gotham http://www.edwize.org/more-on-weighted-student-funding/comment-page-1#comment-9545 The Daily Gotham Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:54:32 +0000 http://edwize.org/more-on-weighted-student-funding#comment-9545 <strong>Supersized Classes. Update...</strong> Three weeks into the new school year and Mayor Bloomberg and his Chancellor are still committed to making class sizes too big. According to the UFT, via Leonie Haimison of www.classsizematters.org, "as of Sept. 19, there were 6,456 oversized classes ... Supersized Classes. Update…

Three weeks into the new school year and Mayor Bloomberg and his Chancellor are still committed to making class sizes too big.
According to the UFT, via Leonie Haimison of http://www.classsizematters.org, “as of Sept. 19, there were 6,456 oversized classes …

]]> By: Jackie Bennett http://www.edwize.org/more-on-weighted-student-funding/comment-page-1#comment-9073 Jackie Bennett Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:49:05 +0000 http://edwize.org/more-on-weighted-student-funding#comment-9073 It seems to me that if funding goes with the child, it won’t take long for “funding a child” to become just as lopsided and political as funding a school or funding a district. But, even if the formula were fair, I really don’t see why schools would have incentive to attract tough-to-educate kids simply because these kids came with more money. After all, these kids would come with more money because they cost more to educate. Or is the incentive that schools can to lure the child with the weighty backpack and then mug him – use his money to fund the fencing team. Well, that can’t be it. It seems to me that if funding goes with the child, it won’t take long for “funding a child” to become just as lopsided and political as funding a school or funding a district.

But, even if the formula were fair, I really don’t see why schools would have incentive to attract tough-to-educate kids simply because these kids came with more money. After all, these kids would come with more money because they cost more to educate. Or is the incentive that schools can to lure the child with the weighty backpack and then mug him – use his money to fund the fencing team.

Well, that can’t be it.

]]> By: Chaz http://www.edwize.org/more-on-weighted-student-funding/comment-page-1#comment-8733 Chaz Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:06:18 +0000 http://edwize.org/more-on-weighted-student-funding#comment-8733 I commented on the WSF in the SF schools blog. While the WSF is a good idea, it will not work unless there is adequate funding and no political interference. So far all the places that use the WSF either suffers from inadequate funding and or political interference. I commented on the WSF in the SF schools blog.

While the WSF is a good idea, it will not work unless there is adequate funding and no political interference. So far all the places that use the WSF either suffers from inadequate funding and or political interference.

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