It'sNotAFakeID Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 The relationship between community quality and school quality is probably not unidirectional. Probably not as simple as A --> B; based on the conversation above, it's probably something like A --> B --> A --> B. Often, what makes a quality school a quality school is quality teachers, most of whom probably don't want to teach at an inner-city school (guessing the pay is worse along with the perception that the inner-city school is more dangerous). So I think the solution starts with getting high-quality teachers to teach in inner-city schools. How that is accomplished? Tough. Guess you could maybe start ensuring that future teachers are receiving a high-quality education themselves. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I did find it interesting that several places in the article it mentioned that the Benwood Plan changed community attitudes.Does that you lead you to believe that changing the school might change the community around it? You seemed skeptical on that point. I think what was described here was that there were changes within the school system leadership which changed the attitude of the community around the school which contributed to the improvement in the school system's ability to educate. That was the gist of my original point about community. The community has to have a certain attitude towards expecting better results from both teachers and the students they are sending into the system. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Is it that much different anywhere else? The more money you have, the better neighborhood you live in, the more tax money there is and the better the school your kids go to. Since a higher percentage of Blacks and Hispanics are poor, a higher percentage of those minorities go to crappy schools.That's true to a large extent in the Omaha metro but I think that it is more location based rather than specific policies that have the effect of being a barrier to minorities. How do you suggest fixing location? Equally fund all public schools. Link to comment
strigori Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Is it that much different anywhere else? The more money you have, the better neighborhood you live in, the more tax money there is and the better the school your kids go to. Since a higher percentage of Blacks and Hispanics are poor, a higher percentage of those minorities go to crappy schools.That's true to a large extent in the Omaha metro but I think that it is more location based rather than specific policies that have the effect of being a barrier to minorities. How do you suggest fixing location? Equally fund all public schools. A good start would be consolidating all Omaha school districts. This is one city, it should have one school district. OPS,Millard, Westside, and one of these is not like the others. Because of the nature of how Nebraska schools are funded by property taxes, it disproportionately funds some areas of town. Consolidating would piss off a bunch of people, but it needs to be done. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 LINK What Bush did in Florida. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Bush's A-F school scoring was used in Okla. The large districts rebelled against it claiming it unfairly punished them. They successfully got the Sec of Ed defeated in the 2014 election cycle (she came in 3rd in the Repub primary) and got a new person elected who was more towards the liking of the large school superintendents. We'll see how it works out this year. Link to comment
QMany Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Bryan Lowry @BryanLowry3 14m14 minutes ago So yes, Brownback will adopt a slightly altered version of Davis tax plan. His campaign decried as an outrage when Davis proposed #ksleg Link to comment
QMany Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Brownback also proposing to TRIPLE the current tobacco tax. Considering the cost of health care and effects of smoking, I'm cool with that. Yael T. Abouhalkah @YaelTAbouhalkah 52s52 seconds ago Brownback proposes 12th highest cigarette tax in nation at $2.29 pack. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Brownback also proposing to TRIPLE the current tobacco tax. Considering the cost of health care and effects of smoking, I'm cool with that. I would be perfectly fine with that. 1 Link to comment
QMany Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 barb shelly @bshelly 2m2 minutes agoTopeka, KS Zero state income tax for the "pass through" businesses would continue under Brownback's new tax proposal. #ksleg Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 barb shelly @bshelly 2m2 minutes agoTopeka, KS Zero state income tax for the "pass through" businesses would continue under Brownback's new tax proposal. #ksleg What are "pass through" businesses? Link to comment
carlfense Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 barb shelly @bshelly 2m2 minutes agoTopeka, KS Zero state income tax for the "pass through" businesses would continue under Brownback's new tax proposal. #ksleg What are "pass through" businesses? A pass-through business is one whose income, for tax purposes, is claimed directly by the owners, rather than by a corporation. Examples include sole proprietorships, limited liability partnerships and S corporations. A one-person landscaping or graphics arts business could be a pass-through entity. So could a farm, real estate business or gas exploration firm. Along with passing income tax cuts in 2012 and 2013 that disproportionately favor the wealthy, Brownback and the Legislature made Kansas the only state to completely exempt the owners of pass-through businesses from income taxes. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/barbara-shelly/article3326556.html#storylink=cpy Link to comment
QMany Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 It came out to about 191,000 tax-exempt businesses in the state. The theory was it would help Kansas job recovery. You know, the whole give preference to "job creators" BS. We didn't recover any faster than the rest of the nation. Instead: "State general fund revenue is down over $700 million from last year," Duane Goossen, a former state budget director, told me. "That's a bigger drop than the state had in the whole three years of the recession." Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 barb shelly @bshelly 2m2 minutes agoTopeka, KS Zero state income tax for the "pass through" businesses would continue under Brownback's new tax proposal. #ksleg What are "pass through" businesses? A pass-through business is one whose income, for tax purposes, is claimed directly by the owners, rather than by a corporation. Examples include sole proprietorships, limited liability partnerships and S corporations. A one-person landscaping or graphics arts business could be a pass-through entity. So could a farm, real estate business or gas exploration firm. Along with passing income tax cuts in 2012 and 2013 that disproportionately favor the wealthy, Brownback and the Legislature made Kansas the only state to completely exempt the owners of pass-through businesses from income taxes. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/barbara-shelly/article3326556.html#storylink=cpy OK, then I am a little confused. I know it's been quite a while ago, but, I used to own a sole proprietorship in Iowa. I am almost positive that the business didn't have to file income taxes. It was all considered my own income and we filed once just for us personally. So, what is different from that and what Brownback has going on? Link to comment
carlfense Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 barb shelly @bshelly 2m2 minutes agoTopeka, KS Zero state income tax for the "pass through" businesses would continue under Brownback's new tax proposal. #ksleg What are "pass through" businesses? A pass-through business is one whose income, for tax purposes, is claimed directly by the owners, rather than by a corporation. Examples include sole proprietorships, limited liability partnerships and S corporations. A one-person landscaping or graphics arts business could be a pass-through entity. So could a farm, real estate business or gas exploration firm. Along with passing income tax cuts in 2012 and 2013 that disproportionately favor the wealthy, Brownback and the Legislature made Kansas the only state to completely exempt the owners of pass-through businesses from income taxes. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/barbara-shelly/article3326556.html#storylink=cpy OK, then I am a little confused. I know it's been quite a while ago, but, I used to own a sole proprietorship in Iowa. I am almost positive that the business didn't have to file income taxes. It was all considered my own income and we filed once just for us personally. So, what is different from that and what Brownback has going on? The bold is the difference . . . if Iowa law was like current law in Kansas your income from the business would have been completely untaxed by the state. Your business wouldn't have paid income taxes on that money. You wouldn't have paid income taxes on that money. Link to comment
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