The trouble is that setting SPENDING targets, rather than goals about getting results is largely how we got into this mess to begin with.
School spending just kept on rising year on year. There was the goal that state school pupils would be funded at the same level that private school pupils were -- and we very nearly got there. Actually what happened was that private school fees took off way way above inflation towards the end.
But by and large we got quite close to the point where private schools would have got to without the funny kink in their fees. Did we start giving state pupils the same quality of education? Oh quick look over there, never mind the quality, feel the width.
It's really, really easy to spend money. It's a lot harder to make sure you get something at the end of it.
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Date: 2010-10-13 08:11 pm (UTC)School spending just kept on rising year on year. There was the goal that state school pupils would be funded at the same level that private school pupils were -- and we very nearly got there. Actually what happened was that private school fees took off way way above inflation towards the end.
But by and large we got quite close to the point where private schools would have got to without the funny kink in their fees. Did we start giving state pupils the same quality of education? Oh quick look over there, never mind the quality, feel the width.
It's really, really easy to spend money. It's a lot harder to make sure you get something at the end of it.
~KatieL