Alternative headline: Why more money won't fix education in Nevada. Or: Remember when we gave teachers apples, not Apple products?
For three years — seriously, three years — leftists have told us that education in Nevada has been cut to the bone. And they implied that if you didn't want to throw more money into education, you either hated children, wanted Nevada to become Somalia or both.
And now we learn that "cutting to the bone" in government means avoiding even the most obvious pots of pork.
Seriously — $800,000 for iPads? From general fund dollars?
Less than a week after a CCSD trustee was crying while voting for the school district's budget?
I don't know whether leftists in Nevada are purposely dishonest or just embarrassingly ignorant, but this is the kind of story that should remind you not to believe their cries of doom and gloom.
When leftists start complaining about budget reductions, there's just one response — don't be fooled again!
For three years — seriously, three years — leftists have told us that education in Nevada has been cut to the bone. And they implied that if you didn't want to throw more money into education, you either hated children, wanted Nevada to become Somalia or both.
And now we learn that "cutting to the bone" in government means avoiding even the most obvious pots of pork.
Instead, Contact 13 crunched the numbers and found that the district spent nearly $1.1 million on 1,859 iPads over the last six months.I strongly encourage you to go to the 13 Action News website and watch the full report.
And although there is $136,000 more on school district credit cards for purchases from Apple stores, because the information isn't centralized, the district couldn't tell us exactly what was bought.
"A lot of our iPads are purchased through grant money," Denson explains.
But most of the money, more than $800,000 of it, comes from the school district's general fund. [Emphasis added]
Seriously — $800,000 for iPads? From general fund dollars?
Less than a week after a CCSD trustee was crying while voting for the school district's budget?
I don't know whether leftists in Nevada are purposely dishonest or just embarrassingly ignorant, but this is the kind of story that should remind you not to believe their cries of doom and gloom.
When leftists start complaining about budget reductions, there's just one response — don't be fooled again!
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4 comments:
How shortsighted. Schools need technology. iPads are cheaper than most computers. What exactly is the problem? Or should we just not buy computers for students? Maybe you people should think before you speak.
Schools need technology? Oh yes!
When you operate a computer you are using someone else's ideas as software, using a keyboard, the theory of which is beyond your comprehension, using electricity which magically appears at the wall socket and contributing nothing to the over-all improvement of the mind.
Educators, like all other groups, endorse fads and technology is a current one. They are not alone; remember the medical profession when they endorsed the Frontal Lobotomy as the solution to mental illness?
These iPads weren't for the kids, now were they.
How about instead of giving administrators new toys, they invest in E-books and Kindles for the kids and stop flushing money down the toilet on textbooks that are outdated before they are even published. It's time Nevada schools entered the 21th Century.
This money that was spent on Ipads is at best misdirected and at worst is a malfesance. The schools do not have enough books to go around and apparently are not buying any of any type.
Now if the schools would actually educate these students and BUY THE BOOKS necessary to teach the needed subjects, like math, geography, science, english, real US history (you know the books that don't change) we might stand a chance as a society. With people spending public money on niceities instead of necessities the kids will never see a book and we are short changed.
Time to fire the school board.
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