The transformation of “free” public schools into “fee” public schools continues. As I have written in previous posts, the Keller ISD’s decision to charge for school bus service may be only the most dramatic example of a new round of fees in Texas public schools, thanks to the Legislature’s and governor’s recent budgetcutting. If what […]
If you have any doubt (and you shouldn’t) about the eagerness of some private schools to siphon tax dollars from the public schools, click on the link at the bottom of this post. The article from Education News Colorado is about a lawsuit challenging a voucher pilot program in that state. Twentythree private schools in […]
I had a little trouble believing the headline on a story posted by WFAATV in DallasFort Worth. “Budget cuts may benefit Cedar Hill ISD students,” it said. Although budgetary reductions prompted the district in Dallas County to cut 73 positions this year, the story tries to make the point that the thousands of school layoffs […]
Rick Perry, who has been pulling down a government paycheck for the past 26 years, will campaign, nevertheless, for president much as he has campaigned for governor – as an antigovernment “outsider.” It’s funny how that gimmick has worked….Well, maybe not too funny. In Perry’s oftenrepeated view, the most important function of government is to […]
