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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca ("mhoye but seasonally spooky") wrote:
My friend @grimalkina introduced me to the "hamburger test" as an outcome baseline for education policy interventions. In short, whatever elaborate scheme you're planning, if the outcome isn't going to be more cost effective dollar for dollar than feeding that kid a hamburger, then feed that kid a hamburger instead.
It turns out that sets a _very_ high bar, because the societal return on an investment of "make sure children don't go hungry" actually incredible.