re: "Half the schools are below average" - not always true

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NGT's so called lies aside - the statement "half the schools are below average" is NOT automatically true

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Are you attempting some sort of gottcha based on mean vs median performance?

Our primary and secondary educational system is subpar. You can average it, statistically weight it, sort it by mean, median, any mechanism you choose. It remains the same overall underperformer.

Why the focus solely on domestic cost and performance?
Why not instead focus on international comparisons?


Ours is the most expensive system on a per student basis in the entire world.
The MOST EXPENSIVE!
Student performance comes nowhere near matching the funding.
US students badly trail their international counterparts, despite US expenditures. US teachers are paid more than their global peers.

Our 1° and 2° educational woes won't be changed by throwing more money at the problem.