FAILING SCHOOLS AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR

 Eastern Iowa media often tout the Technology Corridor but say nothing about school and government performances there.  The following tables show the likely reasons for such an omission.   Neither technology nor sound management practices appear to be in use by corridor schools or governments.    Inclusion of the smaller schools and towns in the corridor would make matters even worse for the larger ones in the table.  

As with the floating 'news' banner on this website, the purpose here is to inform people of what is going on in the corridor.  Awareness leads to improvement, and that is badly needed--as the tables clearly show. 

 IMPROVEMENT DESPERATELY NEEDED IN TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENTS

45 LARGER EASTERN IA. TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR SCHOOLS ARE FAILING ACADEMICALLY
EASTERN IA. TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ON WATCH LIST	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE	DIST. ON WATCH LIST	DISTRICT IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE
College	1	2
Marion Independent	2	0
Linn-Mar	2	1	YES
Cedar Rapids	17	9		YES
Iowa City	11	7		YES
TOTAL	33	19	1	2

 

LARGER EASTERN IA. TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR GOVERNMENTS WASTE 66% OF THEIR FUNDING
EASTERN IA. TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR GOVERNMENTS	PAST  YEAR TO DATE 1-30-09  AVG. % OPERATING EFFICIENCY	% WASTE
Linn County	39	61
Hiawatha	39	61
Marion	35	65
Coralville	33	67
Iowa City	31	69
Cedar Rapids	30	70
Johnson County	30	70
AVERAGE	34	66

 

 Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison.