The Immortality of Bad Ideas
In Arizona, a joint legislative study committee began work to “provide a consolidation and unification model” for school districts.
“The ultimate goal is to find ways to bring more money into the classroom and raise teacher salaries,” said state Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, who authored the bill.
Want to bring more money into the classroom? Stop funding committees and studies on ideas that, whatever their other merits, don’t save money.
Don’t take my word for it. Check out Maine, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Mississippi, Delaware, Kansas, Georgia and Vermont.
