The nation’s schools have begun receiving the first wave of supplemental funding under President Obama’s Economic Stimulus Program. The $44 billion dollar infusion will go ostensibly toward saving teachers’ jobs, although the administration has not been shy about its intent to use federal money and power to “transform” public education.
“This is a historic opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, to lay the groundwork for a generation of education reforms,” said Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan. If we are truly "laying the groundwork", it stands to reason then that this “once-in-a-lifetime” stimulus bump received by Big Education will be anything but.
One can only imagine how tomorrow’s youth will be able to repay Uncle Sam for this historic opportunity.
Oh that’s right, MoveOn.org already has:
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Just checking, those fine people at moveon.org don't get any money if i play that video do they? if so, you really ought to warn us ahead of time so we don't have to live with the realization that we did anything whatsoever to help them in our lifetime.
Number 5:
We're screwed either one way or another.
If this is a "...once in a lifetime..." opportunity, then the local school boards will want to raise taxes to keep things going by paying for things temselves. If this turns out to be some ongoing thing, then of course taxes will rise in some other venue.
Number 1
Mudge - I think you're safe, but I hope you don't mind me adding your email address to their mailing list.
No. 1 - true; but at least we stand a chance of defeating that at the ballot box, with old fogeys like yourself leading the charge :)
GG
Defeating what, a school board budget? Never happens. Schools put a little fluff into the budget, it gets voted down, goes to the town council, they take out the fluff, everyone is happy.
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