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reaffirmed what many
administrators have known
for a. long time: it is
becoming harder to finance
quality education in our
public schools.
The study, prepared by the
Bureau of Information
Systems, was presented in
summary form to the State
Board of Education at a
recent meeting and offered,
among other “possible
recommendations,” that
financing of public education
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According to Dr. Scon Cho,
bureau director, the study
was based on population
growth and points to some
significant trends.
“In general,” Cho said,
“public school enrollments
are declining while both
school expenditures and
Commonwealth revenues
are going up.”
“Education’s share of the
total budget, therefore, will
remain at present levels,” he
said.
Four policy recom
mendations are contained in
the study:
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School districts should be
encouraged to keep the
pupil-teacher ratio from
dropping further;
School districts should be
encouraged to hold the line
on total staff per 1,000
pupils;
School districts should be
encouraged to hold the line
on non-salaried items, and,
Financing of public
education should be re
examined.
The first three recom
mendations are designed to
save money, Cho explained,
but the consequences of such
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policies are not certain in
terms of what happens to
children.
For those reasons, a re
examination of the financing
of education was included in
the study, he pointed out.
Research indicates, ac
cording to Cho, that in
creasing expenditures on
traditional educational
practices is not likely to
improve student per
formance.
“There is no such thing as
an optimum class size for all
purposes,” he said.
“Some students, par-
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deprived areas, require
more specialized instruction
to permit them to reach their
level of expected per
formance.
“Our primary concern,”
said Cho, “must be to
maintain quality education
for all students.” “We should
be more concerned with how
we spend our money.”
According to the study,
subject matter, the age and
ability level of pupils, the
home environment and the
availability of mass media
for instruction are all factors
which must be considered.
“Public financing,” said
Cho, “should be re-examined
to provide incentive to
teachers and administrators
to improve the attitudes and
performance of pupils at a
reasonable cost to society."
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