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"If not now, then when?" |
Jun 2020
I wrote the piece below, about the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., almost six years
Clear thinking: the school funding situation |
Apr 2010
One of the interesting things about doing local advocacy work is that it gives you a
Historical Amnesia: Schools don't need that money, do they? |
Aug 2011
Talk of an ever-growing flow of money to schools is, like many such things, wildly exaggerated. But...
While the overall spending level of the House and Senate budgets appears to be the same, the documents represent radically different priorities for funding public schools. The Senate bill reflects the work done by members of both parties over the last few legislative sessions, but with certain tweaks which reflect the priorities of the Senate Democratic majority. The House bill, in contrast, is a radical departure from the shape education budget bills have had for over a decade and reflects - sometimes openly, sometimes obscurely - the priorities of the House GOP majority. 