Tag: San Antonio v. Rodriguez

• Teacher quality: Money matters or matters “somewhere” or not at all

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  December 8, 2012

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  School Finance

  Eric Hanushek and others have argued for decades now that “Money doesn’t matter” in education. He has hedged and said that it “matters somewhere.” Texas is that somewhere. Home to decades of school finance lawsuits (Edgewood etc.), including San Antonio v. Rodriguez, according to IDRA, is currently allowing differences of $36,000 per classroom. The state of…