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Bruce D. Baker
Personal blog · schoolfinance101.wordpress.comeconomicspolitics
Bruce D. Baker writes School Finance 101, a personal blog at schoolfinance101.wordpress.com about economics and politics. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Bruce D. Baker's blog as a source on American education, mostly high school level. It is cited for evidence that charter schools do no better than public schools once disability, English learner status and poverty are corrected for.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Bruce D. Baker Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami · Co-Director & Creator, School Finance Indicators Database https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taK045ZF-FA 2024 Induction as AERA Fellow About Bruce D. Baker is Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the
What Hacker News says?
> Attach a specific dollar amount to a student. Allow that student to go to whichever school they want. End of story. Allow it to go where there is little to no public over sight, no public school board or checks and balances, under performing scores, teachers paid $20,000 less with no pension, and CEOs making millions. Charter Schools are a part of the problem with American education. Sure some Charter Schools are…
Comment linking /2015/07/22/whos-actually-running-americas-charter-schools/
on “14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School”Submitted Most Screwed Local Public School Districts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThis is a very interesting blog on American education, mostly high school level though https://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/
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on “Too little is known about whether money spent on higher education is worth it”Here's some evidence: https://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/unspinning... There's various other entries on that blog that cover the same topic with graphs and numbers. Basically, once you correct for disabled students, english as a second language, and poverty, the charter schools don't do any better than standard public schools. An interesting question is whether people realise this, and are actually qu…
Comment linking /2011/01/19/unspinning-data-on-new-jersey-charter-schools/
on “Bill Gates, Washington State, and the Nuisance of Democracy”
