Welcome to Baghdad, oops, I mean Baltimore

Discussion in 'Politics' started by wildchild, Sep 1, 2019.

  1. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark


    Republicans think giving trillions of tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires is more important than education and other programs that would help those people.

    Republican gun policies keeps guns on the streets.
     
    #11     Sep 1, 2019
  2. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Yes,the party of the confederate south has not.They are as racist as ever and their current leader is one of the most racist presidents in US history.
     
    #12     Sep 1, 2019
  3. wildchild

    wildchild

    Hey foreigner, you are the biggest idiot going. Baltimore spends the 4th highest per pupil in the nation yet the schools are failing. Why have democrats squandered the funds?
     
    #13     Sep 1, 2019
  4. wildchild

    wildchild

    You are not American. Your opinion does not count.
     
    #14     Sep 1, 2019
  5. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark


    https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/investigations/bs-md-baltimore-schools-funding-20180601-story.html


    Is Baltimore's per-pupil spending really the 'fourth highest' in the nation?


    The amount of money that the Baltimore public school system spends per student took center stage recently, when a debate moderator asked a field of Democratic candidates for governor what they thought was the biggest barrier facing struggling city schools, given that the district “spends the fourth-most per student in America.”

    Gov. Larry Hogan’s office had referenced the same statistic several times this past winter, during political finger-pointing that came after broken heating systems left many Baltimore students shivering in their classrooms.

    The figure, however, isn’t quite true.

    It comes from a U.S. Census Bureau report on public education finance in 2015. But the report only ranked the nation’s 100 largest school districts.

    That distinction matters, city education advocates say.

    “The statement that Baltimore’s per-pupil spending is the fourth highest in the nation is misleading and fails to provide substantive context for the ranking,” city schools spokeswoman Edie House-Foster wrote in a statement. “There are more than 13,000 school districts in the nation; Baltimore ranks at about 2,400 in per-pupil spending in the overall group.”

    Some have been critical of the governor’s office for using the figure multiple times and question the way it has been “weaponized” in political circles.

    “It seems to be thrown around with the intent of shaming Baltimore City Public Schools,” said Jess Gartner, CEO of Baltimore-based Allovue, which works with school districts on education finance strategy. “What are the implications and dog whistles associated with that?”

    School board chair Cheryl Casciani said “it’s been frustrating having an incorrect fact repeated over and over.”
     
    #15     Sep 1, 2019
  6. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark


    I am an American and I vote in US elections so my opinions does matter.I also donate to and volunteer for democrat campaigns.
     
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    #16     Sep 1, 2019
  7. wildchild

    wildchild

    You are not American, you cannot legally vote and you get paid on a per post basis for far left radicals.

    People like you caused the deaths of 10s of millions in the 20th century. You are a disgrace.
     
    #17     Sep 2, 2019
  8. Amun Ra

    Amun Ra

    So him pointing out negative things associated with black people caused you to point out negative things associated with white people. Do you see the problem in that? Someone who now see's you pointing out negative things about white people may now respond to you pointing out negative things about black people.

    What I'm saying is you're creating the one thing you're against. Open racism. It will only keep perpetuating itself if you play into it with gotcha politics and further divide the country.
     
    #18     Sep 5, 2019
  9. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Thread after thread after thread for no reason other than being a racist piece of shit
     
    #19     Sep 5, 2019
  10. wildchild

    wildchild

    You have no argument.
     
    #20     Sep 6, 2019