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| Laurentius de Voltolina 1350's Education during Renaissance Of course change means we now education both boys and girls and its an important function in society. We must always learn to be better at it. Budgets are part of that process of allocating money where it will have the greatest impact is fundamental to educational advancement and opportunity. Notice how education moved from elite groups to the general masses. |
1.) The impact of new money should always be maximized by cross supporting different state needs (Different programs that support and enhance each other for higher total outcomes. i.e. If we need more technology workers then we should make sure we can support those economic objectives within curriculum, technology available to students and general budget.)
2.) Developing innovation for maximization of educational outcomes is important. We can't improve unless we try new things (I would have liked to see money allocated to new educational methods to test and see if they would work. I know I'm a research guy but I believe it creates learning organizations and fiscal responsibility in the long run when performance and resource allocation improve. I have heard the word moral indignation to describe the fear of change {and other issues} in education without discussing the greater purpose of education to advance society. One could make an opposite argument that lack of change and improvement to support further learning in society could also have its own moral hazards. Elitism can be destructive and so all systems should adapt and grease the wheels of opportunity.)
3.) We should listen to industry and business so that we develop the ability of students to succeed personally and through global competitiveness. If we know what they want, in addition to other stakeholders, we can better match funding to needs (That doesn't mean they have the only needs but they are one of the important reasons we educate our population.).
4.) The quality of our schools are an attractor or detractor to international recruitment of highly skilled employees. Quality is always important and education is one avenue where improvements can be made that impact the state's attractiveness (I have seen people have lots of great and poor theories and those seem to come from their training and political stance. New ideas are difficult to find and sometimes we are stuck in thinking from PhD's who were trained by other PhDs in ways that support their personal positions within industries. i.e. the decision makers of education. I've seen ideas come forward in different venues that are not practical {sometimes very practical} and are directly tied to their previous training and backgrounds. Its like seeing U.S. K-12 education struggle for global competitiveness and then repeating the same ideas in different forms by selling them as new ideas but not breaking the mold. Sometimes it becomes an exercise of enhancing self/political interest through promoting existing beliefs in research/programs and not the interests of the student or society.)
5.) A master conception of how public, private, and online schools should function within the state and how they maximize graduation and learning to create personal and professional competitiveness is important (I don't think I have ever seen this in governance on such a level. There are plans but they are limited in scope. It may be there but I might not have seen it. What is the total strategy, goals, outcomes, implementation strategy and what they expect to achieve? ).
6.) Develop metric sets that help determine the value of such education programs in terms of quality of life, tax return, and state/national development (Remember that metrics are great and they also can blind you so they are important in some ways but continuously must change and adjust so as to not mislead us. Use metrics wisely and always judge their root assumptions.)
Its easy for me to sort of blow out a few comments that are of a general nature without providing significant details (This isn't a study and only a lukewarm opinion. Its blog post designed to get us to think about the greater things we are doing.). Whether or not the funding is going to make an impact is highly dependent on the master plan of education and how that will create increased competitiveness.
I'm not sure if we have a master plan supported by research that ensures maximum outcomes. Just like in the development of online education, it is important to meta-analyze all of the pertinent research to understand what is likely to have the biggest impact and how those different educational components work together to create environmental impact (Online education is now here to stay and it will adapt and had its benefits during COVID. It will also likely further create dispersed education society. It, like traditional methods, must change and adapt.).
I'm not really saying anything we shouldn't already be doing or know so one can read and make up their own mind. You can see the differences in emphasis between the Governor and the Senate in red and black of the final column. I'm not knowledgeable of each of the programs to really understand their impact. I don't have opinion if there is a right and wrong versus an emphasis in outcomes. So read, learn, study and make a conclusion.
Likewise, I'm not yet highly involved in politics yet (getting there as I'm starting to see the bigger picture. Kind of what I'm waiting for. That and a few things I need to take care of first. You have to be clear and free to focus. You also have to define your values independently and the political structure of society.) so I'm a little at a loss to comment on any particular program. I am qualified to comment on the general purposes of education and their overall impact on society. The rest is implementation strategies that take specific knowledge within the framework of general application (It would be interesting to see if saved money could be used for further exploration that advances new ways of learning and/or emphasis new programs that meet state needs.)
A solid description in Michigan Senate passes budget proposal, includes record funding for K-12 education, State superintendent urges Michigan lawmakers to invest more in K-12 system and MI Senate passes 2023 budget plan
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