The Sound of Eyes Opening
On a personal level, it’s gratifying to see articles and blog posts like these all in one week:
* “One set of numbers really jumped out – from 2000 to 2008, the number of school-age children in Ohiodecreased 6.7% but the number of K-12 teachers increased 17.7%.”
* “Gov. Jim Douglas is lashing out at Vermont lawmakers over taxes and spending, saying they’ve done little to stop school property taxes from rising in an era of declining student populations.”
* “In the past decade, states and districts spent the windfall that inflated property tax rolls generated during the good times. Now that the bill’s come due, Harkin is calling for the feds to subsidize this inflated level of spending even as the economy clanks and grinds its way out of the bubble years.”
* “Teacher Layoffs May Be Linked to Hiring Spree”
* “Ed Week: ‘What Goes Up Must Come Down‘”
On a policy level, it’s too late to do anything about it the painless way. It’s only human nature to wait until it’s raining to think about fixing the leaky roof. It didn’t take any special insight to note in June 2008 that “If New York
* “One set of numbers really jumped out – from 2000 to 2008, the number of school-age children in Ohiodecreased 6.7% but the number of K-12 teachers increased 17.7%.”
* “Gov. Jim Douglas is lashing out at Vermont lawmakers over taxes and spending, saying they’ve done little to stop school property taxes from rising in an era of declining student populations.”
* “In the past decade, states and districts spent the windfall that inflated property tax rolls generated during the good times. Now that the bill’s come due, Harkin is calling for the feds to subsidize this inflated level of spending even as the economy clanks and grinds its way out of the bubble years.”
* “Teacher Layoffs May Be Linked to Hiring Spree”
* “Ed Week: ‘What Goes Up Must Come Down‘”
On a policy level, it’s too late to do anything about it the painless way. It’s only human nature to wait until it’s raining to think about fixing the leaky roof. It didn’t take any special insight to note in June 2008 that “If New York