<p>I don’t think this type of study will actually rock the establishment. I see it as being used as fodder for the claim that money isn’t important in education. It will just add to the conservative drumbeat that America is losing its ‘exceptionalism’, with predictable results. </p>
<p>There’s lots of interesting things going on in the little that I have read. First, why is the reading score better in most cases than the math score? What are we doing better in terms of reading?</p>
<p>Second, why are there districts like Suburb #1 that I mentioned? Is there something there, above and beyond money, that they are doing right? </p>
<p>I guess the title adds some pathos to hopefully get the public on board with some change, but I see simply a blame game being played here, rather than a public that needs some serious introspection about its values with respect to education.</p>