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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: 12 Aug 2024 18:52:06 GMT
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On 2024-08-12, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>>
>
>>> Your arguments, with these additional fun facts, seem to imply that we
>>> should be trying to emulate Utah.  They get a lot of bang for their
>>> buck!  (I personally don't believe we should emulate Utah's rather
>>> silly state ban law. Ability to ban books in grade school libraries is
>>> necessary, but it should only be done at the local level, not any
>>> higher level, IMO.)
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>>That's what I wanted to know. It does seem like Utahs model should be 
>>copied by other states, since they could perhaps achieve more with less, 
>
> Actually, the primary reason that Utah spends less is that
> the cost of living is half that of NY state.   If you just 
> look at Manhattan and Long Island, the cost of living in
> Utah is about 25%.   Which, after adjusting for that, puts
> NY and Utah almost at parity for per-student spending.

Once again, complete nonsense. See my other response for the citations.
New York State spends 355% of Utah's per student spending and the cost of
living is ~130% of Utah's.  Why do you consider that "almost at parity"?

>>and put that money to better use or return it to the tax payers.
>
> Another factor to consider is the results of that spending;
> college entrance exam scores, et alia.  There are no doubt
> several other factors that should be taken into account.

Once again you deleted my argument! Please explain why you feel
Utah being the top state in the country in 8th grade math and the
3rd state in the country in 8th grade reading according to the NAEP
is not good and sufficient evidence that Utah does very well in
public school education.

Chris