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Personally, I think you can find stats to support whatever contention you hold. There is an article in Forbes that details MoneyGeeks study of the most dangerous cities in America. It says something different. For sure we need more educated children to become educated adults in order to avoid crime. However, education is also overfunded--especially in Chicago.

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Hmm, I'm not sure I agree with that. I think police funding and crime rates are the most significant facts in this debate. I do believe this data tells a pretty clear story that more police funding isn't reducing crime.

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I have never heard of overfunded education.

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Article from Erin Geary "Black History Month;

Celebrate blacks of the past because there is nothing to celebrate today"

If there's anyone who's opinion on education I couldn't care less about, its this .... at best a troll.

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Holy shit that's horrible

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You probably didn't read the entire artical cause the author addressed your point in detail. Fact is: the same crime rate drops appeared world wide without the funding and social, educational and prevention programs have better money to reduction rates (aka they are better economic choices if you are really interested in crime reduction). Education additionally gives you a more valuable labor force that can earn more money and consequently pays more taxes. So all in all, the US chose a gun based approach and sticks to it while other possibilities might be more suited to deal with the situation.

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What is actually responsible for crime reduction?

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That's a great question, and one I don't think we've fully answered yet. The strongest data I've seen shows that anti-poverty measures (welfare, schools, and childcare) significantly curtail crime.

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Oh, so government safety nets to keep people from battling for resources to survive? I think I’d like to put more of my money there.

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I think the best explanation is reduction of lead in the environment. Did you ever see that study in Mother Jones? https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/02/lead-exposure-gasoline-crime-increase-children-health/

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I had not! Thanks for sharing. It looks like we have real no consensus on what leads to lower crime, specifically the sever reduction in the 90s. I've heard everything from abortion, to gun control, to better televisions and AC. I tend to take them all in, thinking the better life is, the less people will commit crime.

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Wow! Apparently you are not a fan of Woodson's either. No matter. Have a good day.

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Public school systems tend to jump on bandwagons in education. Whatever is shiny and new is something they need to have. One example is textbooks. Millions of dollars spent on texts which are used for maybe two years, scores don't increase, and those texts are replaced. It's not the materials given, it's the teachers who make or break the students.

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