Comments on: Debt service to crowd out education spending – and everything else http://toped.svefoundation.org/2009/12/17/debt-service-to-crowd-out-education-spending-and-everything-else/ Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy Wed, 30 May 2012 07:31:37 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kissnfl http://toped.svefoundation.org/2009/12/17/debt-service-to-crowd-out-education-spending-and-everything-else/comment-page-1/#comment-4343 kissnfl Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:57:27 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=800#comment-4343 Nicepost！Thanks!<a href="http://www.kissnfl.com/nfl-jerseys-c-631.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>authentic football jerseys</strong></a> Nicepost！Thanks!authentic football jerseys

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]]> By: johnf http://toped.svefoundation.org/2009/12/17/debt-service-to-crowd-out-education-spending-and-everything-else/comment-page-1/#comment-4071 johnf Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:36:30 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=800#comment-4071 Absolutely right, Peter. Absolutely right, Peter.

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]]> By: David Patterson http://toped.svefoundation.org/2009/12/17/debt-service-to-crowd-out-education-spending-and-everything-else/comment-page-1/#comment-4064 David Patterson Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:22:52 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=800#comment-4064 California clearly needs to work smarter (and cheaper) to house students. The current system for funding schools is very costly (high cost per square foot) and very slow. Its rigidity also results in schools that are not adaptable for changing student demographics (a community has enough elementary schools now, but needs more middle/high schools. In just a few years the opposite is true.) Finally most of the high schools in the state are still being built on the obsolete model of large comprehensive high schools. A much more rational and cost effective approach is to make sure all schools are built with flexibility of educational mission incorporated in their design. Equally important is the idea of a certain percent of the total building inventory being leased facilities that are utilized to meet bubbles in need and are more readily adopted to small schools/career academies. Charter schools in California and through the United States provide models of how this can be done effectively. Facility bond funding is needed – but working smarter is very needed too. California clearly needs to work smarter (and cheaper) to house students. The current system for funding schools is very costly (high cost per square foot) and very slow. Its rigidity also results in schools that are not adaptable for changing student demographics (a community has enough elementary schools now, but needs more middle/high schools. In just a few years the opposite is true.) Finally most of the high schools in the state are still being built on the obsolete model of large comprehensive high schools. A much more rational and cost effective approach is to make sure all schools are built with flexibility of educational mission incorporated in their design. Equally important is the idea of a certain percent of the total building inventory being leased facilities that are utilized to meet bubbles in need and are more readily adopted to small schools/career academies. Charter schools in California and through the United States provide models of how this can be done effectively. Facility bond funding is needed – but working smarter is very needed too.

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]]> By: Peter Schrag http://toped.svefoundation.org/2009/12/17/debt-service-to-crowd-out-education-spending-and-everything-else/comment-page-1/#comment-4060 Peter Schrag Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:58:29 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=800#comment-4060 And that debt doesn't count another form of "debt" that will eat even more directly into school budgets and that's the unfunded liability for retiree health care. And that debt doesn’t count another form of “debt” that will eat even more directly into school budgets and that’s the unfunded liability for retiree health care.

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