TAX DOLLARS
DID NOT GO
TO EDUCATION,
STUDY FINDS
Montgomery County is ranked 8th in the nation in school spending that goes to administrators, rather than the classroom, according to Fox 45's Project Baltimore investigative unit. Baltimore City was the worst offender in the nation, their journalists found. Montgomery County Public Schools rank 8th out of all school systems in America in pumping cash to administrators, rather than to teachers and classroom costs. Six of the top ten are in Maryland.
This is once again proof that the record tax hike of 2016 did not go to hire teachers or improve academic performance (as recent PARCC test results proved - math scores declined, and English scores rose statewide, proving there was an obvious flaw in English portion of the test, rather than actual success by MCPS). In fact, a large chunk of the recordation tax money went to pay off the County's legal costs in the Silver Spring Transit Center debacle, in an outrageous and corrupt bait-and-switch by the County Council.
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Looks like Prince William County, Virginia was higher on that list than Montgomery.
"In fact, a large chunk of the recordation tax money went to pay off the County's legal costs in the Silver Spring Transit Center debacle, in an outrageous and corrupt bait-and-switch by the County Council."
The recordation tax increase was earmarked directly to paying legal costs related to the SSTC? Oh, really?
Also, would you prefer that the legal bills had gone unpaid and MoCo had stiffed all the people who worked on that? Would you prefer that there had been no attempt to find the contractor liable for all the construction problems and cost overruns on that project?
"Montgomery County Public Schools rank 8th out of all school systems in America in pumping cash to administrators"
Looks like Dyer didn't bother to read the Fox 45 article.
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No it is mental retardation he is the guy that gets the carts in the parking lot of giant
You are clearly messed up in the head you fucking cunt
What's with the assumption that investing in top-tier school administrators is a bad thing? That seems rather dumb, Robert. Anyways, Boston and DC area systems aren't a surprise at all. Considering the high cost of living, of course principals, etc. have higher salaries than most everywhere else. Atlanta and Baltimore are the only outliers on the list; presumably they have to shell out extra $$ to fill positions at problematic schools.
I'm often annoyed by the senseless trolls that have nothing better to do than vent their toxic frustrations here. That said, however, I do wonder if Dyer is simply angry over the council's lamentable performance with the Silver Spring construction, or if he actually would have preferred the county not to litigate in an effort to recoup some expense? The county is always prepared to litigate against citizens demanding that it follow its own procedures, and that seems more deserving of criticism than efforts to recover something from inept contractors. If I'm missing a logical link here, folks, please try to explain it without ad hominem distractions. Let's try to keep the tone somewhat above the rhetoric that issues from the White House.
"English scores rose statewide, proving there was an obvious flaw in English portion of the test, rather than actual success by MCPS"
Do you realize how idiotic that claim is, Dyer?
7:51: Anyone who is knowledgeable about testing and education will agree with my assessment, and conclude that *you* are the idiot.
It's very simple. If English scores went up statewide, while math scores declined in Montgomery County, it's obvious that the English portion of the test was too easy.
Had there actually been special achievement by MCPS, you would have seen MoCo math scores rise (not fall), and English scores far exceed any generic statewide boost in scores.
The problem is, right now we have folks like you in charge on the County Council and the school board and super. Heckuva job, Brownie!
"It's very simple. If English scores went up statewide, while math scores declined in Montgomery County, it's obvious that the English portion of the test was too easy."
Or that the math portion of the test was too hard?
OMG. No. Just no. That's not how it works. That's not correct. So, if the English scores were lower and the math scores higher, you would just opine that the math part was too easy.
You're the one that needs to talk and listen to those who actually ARE knowledgeable about education. You are in no way qualified; hold no degrees or certification in this field, nor practice in the education environment on a continuing basis.
"Anyone who is knowledgeable about testing and education will agree with my assessment"
LOL... to which experts on testing and education have you actually talked?
"Heckuva job, Brownie!"
You realize that line is from 2005, don't you?
...the same year that Blogspot peaked.
Dyer's persistent demonstration of his innumeracy is quite amazing.
If there was to be an indictment of the Montgomery County School System, it should be how it failed to engender in him any hint of math literacy.
Or reading comprehension.
Don't forget this set of absurd claims by Robert Dyer:
"as recent PARCC test results proved - math scores declined, and English scores rose statewide, proving there was an obvious flaw in English portion of the test, rather than actual success by MCPS."
"If English scores went up statewide, while math scores declined in Montgomery County, it's obvious that the English portion of the test was too easy.
Had there actually been special achievement by MCPS, you would have seen MoCo math scores rise (not fall), and English scores far exceed any generic statewide boost in scores."
These are astonishingly bad deductions. coupled with an astonishingly bad inference -- that spending on school Superintendents should be directly related to testing scores. Pay them less, and divert the paycheck savings to other areas of the school budget, and scores will increase in Math and English.
This is naive beyond belief.
7:45: What's your deduction - that improvement by every county on a test somehow shows distinctive achievement by one of those counties? That is "dumb beyond belief."
It's clear to any education expert that the English section of the test was too easy, because the whole state did better on it, even while declining on the math section.
The more he opines on this, the further into the Kafkaesque morass he slides. Morass of his own making, BTW.
I'm thinking most of us just shake our heads in disbelief.
Which "education experts" have you actually talked to, Dyer?
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