Originally posted by Gadiantor
The fact that home schooling is cheaper and gets better results does not support any conclusion about the affect of funding on public schools.
Especially given that it is not cheaper in the first place if the expense is figured with all the actual costs, which brings me back to my original post.

Look, to break through all the b.s., schools that are located in higher socioeconomic areas perform better than schools that are not. End of story. It appears to be independant of how much is spent per student, but my personal belief is that hidden in that statistic is that if you spent more money ON THE RIGHT THINGS, like the teacher to student ratio for example, or something to do with a more effective discipline policy (why that would take money I don't know, but just supposing), it would make a dent.