Agitator-in-chief John Hood reflects on a Texas Supreme Court decision on public school funding and what it means for North Carolina. The decision punctured the hope that the state would be ordered to spend more on schools, as it observed:
While the end-product of public education is related to the resources available for its use, the relationship is neither simple nor direct; public education can and often does improve with greater resources, just as it struggles when resources are withheld, but more money does not guarantee better schools or more educated students.
That seems a totally unremarkable conclusion until you remember that CMS insists that more money does guarantee better outcomes.
And lets not let private education off the hook, either. There are plenty of parents who make the mistake of equating a big tuition bill with a good education. The two are related but there is no guarantee.
