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Fast Fact According to a March USA Today/Gallup poll, 43% of Americans identify themselves as baseball fans. That is low by recent standards, as an average of 49% of Americans have said they were fans of the sport since Gallup started tracking this measure in 1993. $1.5 trillion What's the cost to really do schools right? A compilation of studies, which was fodder for the broad public schools release of "Getting Down to Facts," focuses on the changes needed to prepare California students for the 21st century. By one estimation, it could cost as much as $1.5 trillion to get it absolutely right. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, who released the "facts" last month along with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and others, did not put a dollar figure on improvement. Among the suggestions: improve ways to attract teachers, lessen the inefficiencies, and provide better support for low-income students. "The range of estimates researchers have given for what it will take to reach that magic word, 'adequacy,' is so broad it may cause some to throw up their hands and say, 'impossible,'" O'Connell said in a release. "I urge us not to do that. Let's not yet argue over specific dollar figures, or use the most sensationally high-cost estimates to torpedo efforts at real reform." No doubt, he was referring to the trillion-dollar figure. Some 20 studies were winnowed down. Three questions were addressed: "What do school finance and governance systems look like?" "How can we use the resources we have more effectively to improve student outcomes?" And, "To what extent are additional resources needed?" |
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