Lookin' out for America...the narcissist's way.

@MarineBob And yet not only have they been reported, their source is well known and a request for reimbursement has already been submitted.

@MarineBob It's funny listening to the left complainting about the cost, when they don't seem to care about other costs. Like Medicare for all, or free college.

Let’s get funding up to date for public schools first.@GunSmoke9

@MarineBob perhaps the token 7 million dollars could be repaid as a gesture of goodwill

@Texasgurl Let's find out where the money is going first.

The 7 million? Congress and the president historically help the city of DC with the events.

That’s a known

or education?

Ask corporations why they have to recruit internationally?look at the performance on testing country to country.
Take the long view...
We don’t know what the job market will look like in 50 or 100 years. With the way things are slowly changing, more and more jobs will be automated and or off-shored. If the US is going to remain even marginally competitive, the way schools work is going to change.

That does not mean do more with less.@GunSmoke9

@Texasgurl All I am saying before we spend more on education let's find out where the money is going now.

I get your point, I own property and I expect that good decisions are going to be made at the district level.

As someone who works In the field , I can tell you that budgets are generally razor thin. The resources that many districts have come through grants for technology etc.

Building costs are shared, state /federal. The upkeep is on a local level. Thus a splost vote will come up in elections.

Given my age, I am taking the longer view with the field.
There are too many unknowns about the global economy to sit with our heads in the sand.

Or beating up people who work for 30 years and make 70k a year. The admissions rates to colleges of education are at historic lows. Why? Largely because students in other fields start at 20 to 30k higher than an average starting teacher. The gap only gets uglier with time.

I agree, spend smarter. We aren’t at a place where we have the luxury of time anymore. We are being left on the side of the road by India and China and Russia and others who are making their right moves in AI. We aren’t there.

@GunSmoke9