[Speed Gibson,
Thursday November 22, 2007 at 1:21pm]
Will we be rolled again?
It's so nice to see Craig Westover on the blogosphere again, especially his latest post at True North.
Not that you should need any encouragement from me to read this excellent post, but this is all but required MOB reading. He links to a number of recently published articles, left and right, on education:
I would add only one more point. We've heard this same argument before. We've had (and lost it would appear) this same argument many times, from the "Minnesota Miracle" to "The Big Plan." Before asking for still more unaccountable money for K-12 education, the DFL owes us explanations of why all those previous "investments" in "education" went awry.
Not that you should need any encouragement from me to read this excellent post, but this is all but required MOB reading. He links to a number of recently published articles, left and right, on education:
- Oct 28 - Lynn Reed, Minnesota Taxpayers Association
- Nov 3 - John Malone, Association of Metropolitan School Districts
- Nov 11 - Lori Sturdevant, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Nov 12 - David Hann, District 42 Senator (Eden Prairie), Republican
- Nov 17 - Steve Murphy, District 28 Senator (Red Wing), Democrat
- Nov 21 - Michael R. Wigley, Taxpayers League of Minnesota
I would add only one more point. We've heard this same argument before. We've had (and lost it would appear) this same argument many times, from the "Minnesota Miracle" to "The Big Plan." Before asking for still more unaccountable money for K-12 education, the DFL owes us explanations of why all those previous "investments" in "education" went awry.