[ftwynn]

The efficiency measure sure seems dangerously misleading. My SC high school didn't have the budget to replace broken tables (which were simply overturned until a handy-ish student managed to unsteadily prop them up) and sent seniors home home early via free periods to cover for a lack of teachers.

Was that efficient? I suppose. Was it a desirable education? Not really.

[fjsolwmv]

The argument goes that if those cutbacks didn't harm outcomes, they were luxuries not necessary expenses.