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May 09, 2008
When your governor feels beholden to the unions
Fast-growth states Arizona and Nevada could give Kentucky a lesson in how to afford school facilities for its students. Nevada, which hates school choice, spends twice as much as Arizona per capita on school capital costs. By encouraging charter schools and scholarship tax credits to take some of the burden, Arizona doesn't need nearly as much for building or keeping up public schools.
Given Governor Steve Beshear's stupefying appointment of a teachers union official to the state school board, though, Kentucky will certainly have to wait for another governor before we can learn anything from this example.
Posted by David Adams at May 9, 2008 11:06 AM
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Given Governor Steve Beshear's stupefying appointment of a teachers union official to the state school board, though, Kentucky will certainly have to wait for another governor before we can learn anything from this example.
It seems a Democrat can't get elected anymore unless they first pay tribute to the teacher's unions. When will they stop holding our schools hostage?
Posted by: Progressive Conservative at May 9, 2008 09:54 PM