This past Tuesday, I had my teeth cleaned, and after the hygienist worked her magic, my dentist came in to review the status of my teeth. And all were good, save one—a molar on the lower right side of my mouth. It had an old metal filling and a hairline crack. My dentist then informed …
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I recently came across a report that claimed New York City’s Department of Education spent $37,136 per student in 2022. Now, assuming this report is accurate, where did all that money go? The average class size in New York City is 25. Twenty-five times $37,136 equals $928,400. The starting teacher salary is $61,070, and the maximum …
President Biden, an unabashed champion of democracy, will forego the will of Congress and singlehandedly relieve a chunk of the student loan debt held by millions of Americans. How this is legal is beyond me. I didn’t go to law school, so I’m totally ignorant of the penumbras in the Constitution that allow the president …
Don’t ask me why, but my high-powered brain turned toward education this week, and I decided to compare my birth state to my adoptive state. Check out the following tables: New York spends a lot more than North Carolina on public education—$14,663 more per pupil, to be precise. But New York doesn’t allocate its education …