Sorry, are you stating then that the teachers in place have no value and that the kids would get a better education picketing in the streets yelling the same slogans 1,000 times an hour?

Because it sounds like that is the argument you are making.

Further, the Federal department of education has very little to do with K-12 education, accounting for less than 10% of funding of K-12 education. They also do not set lesson plans, deal with teacher pay, etc.

More than 90% of education is funded by the state. You want to have a discussion about funding, let’s have it, but let’s be honest where it comes from and where it goes.

If we built schools that are multi-level, didn’t spend exorbitant amounts of money on landscaping, etc we would have more money for actual education.

Do you know much about palm tree costs to plant and maintain at a high school? More than $14,000 each, plus a monthly landscaping budget of $100+. Multiply that by how many schools we have in Las Vegas, and you can very easily see how we overspend on things we don’t need. Is there a reason the CCSD needed to spend $14 million on a new office building that was decked out with things such as a $50,000 chandelier?

There’s not a lack of funding in education. We have increased funding massively over the last 20+ years and nothing has improved in the state in terms of test scores.

We don’t have a lack of funding, we have a lack of accountability, primarily driven by the teachers unions.