Ignorance Is Bliss, Until You Get the Bill
Let’s lead off with a video via Jay P. Greene’s Blog, consisting of man-in-the-street interviews with Utahns, asking them basic questions about public school finance and performance:
Then move on to Vermont, where Gov. Jim Douglas is finally asking questions about spending and enrollment the state should have been addressing for at least the last seven years.
Sayeth the governor:
“I think Vermonters have to ask themselves if it’s fair to have 8 percent reductions in some critical state services when the caseload is increasing, while at the same time we’re going to have a 4.6 percent increase on average in local school spending at a time when we’re going to have 1,400 fewer kids to educate next year. We have to have an honest discussion about our priorities.”
