In 26 states, competency tests for teachers require only minimum standards. Answering 47 out of 104 questions correctly is considered a passing grade, even though no self-respecting teacher would pass a student who answered less than 50% of the questions on an exam correctly… From 1960 to 1980 the number of teachers grew by 57% but the number of principals and supervisors increased by 79%… the number of non-teaching staffers shot up by nearly 500%… for every 100 teachers in California there are 106 ‘non- teaching’ employees… the New York City Board of Education’s high school division decided to track every dollar of the $1.4B… spent in 1988-89… found that the city spent $6107/student, well above the national average, but non-class-room services ate up an astounding $4135 of that. Charles Colson & Jack Eckerd
Charles Colson & Jack Eckerd _Why America Doesn’t Work_