[quote=CA renter][quote=harvey][quote=CA renter]There’s a lot of money to be made with all of this testing and the related curriculum changes. Lots and lots of money.[/quote]
That’s a really compelling argument.
I particularly like all the evidence you’ve provided.
(Cue the confirmation bias dance and links to fringe websites … maybe we can even work shadowstats into the mix!)[/quote]
Yes, “fringe” websites like NBER or the Federal Reserve’s website, or Grant’s Interest Rate Observer,” to which you’ve responded with “lol” in the past. (These are literally the websites/sources that you claimed weren’t valid in another thread.)
Anyway, follow the money…[/quote]
Follow the money is a bit trite when talking about schools. Schools ARE big business. School teacher unions ARE big business. LAUSD is the 2nd largest school district. It’s adopted budget only for 2015 is $12.6 Billion. As a matter of comparison, Facebook ranked #242 has revenues of $12.4 Billion. Starbucks, $16 Billion, Visa is $12.7 Billion and that little piddly utility called Sempra energy in San Diego ranking #270 on the Fortune 500 by revenue pulls revenues of $11 Billion.
That’s ONE school district in California. They serve just under 10% of california students.
Schools are BIG business. And there are a lot of entrenched deep pocket vested interests in the Educational-Political complex.
