Comments on: Court Mandates on School Funding Sharply Decline http://educationnext.org/court-mandates-on-school-funding-sharply-decline/ Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:50:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fred Deutsch http://educationnext.org/court-mandates-on-school-funding-sharply-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Fred Deutsch Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:34 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49631009#comment-713 An adequacy lawsuit continues in South Dakota. It is financially supported by approximately 2/3 of the state school districts (ours is not one that is supporting it). I hadn't previously read the information you presented above. The findings are fascinating. I have a hard time supporting court intervention in our state simply because our students do so well in spite of our state's average teacher pay ranking dead last compared to every other state in country. NAEP and every other assessment ranks South Dakota student achievement in the top ten to twenty percent compared ot other states. In light of the lowest teacher pay and high student achievement, I just can't buy the arguement that education isn't adequately funded in our state. Just one more thought from a state that's going through the motions. Fred Deutsch School Board Member www.school-of-thought.net An adequacy lawsuit continues in South Dakota. It is financially supported by approximately 2/3 of the state school districts (ours is not one that is supporting it). I hadn’t previously read the information you presented above. The findings are fascinating. I have a hard time supporting court intervention in our state simply because our students do so well in spite of our state’s average teacher pay ranking dead last compared to every other state in country. NAEP and every other assessment ranks South Dakota student achievement in the top ten to twenty percent compared ot other states. In light of the lowest teacher pay and high student achievement, I just can’t buy the arguement that education isn’t adequately funded in our state.

Just one more thought from a state that’s going through the motions.

Fred Deutsch
School Board Member
http://www.school-of-thought.net

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