The 65% Bandwagon
GOP may turn against 65% solution (David Hill, The Hill).
As more comes to light about Mooney and his background, Republicans may feel like jumping off the 65 percent bandwagon.
I only excerpted Dr. Hill's conclusion because the article's really worth reading in its entirety.
He is writing about the so-called "65% solution" for education, which has been pushed by a group called First Class Education and endorsed by George Will. Basically, their notion is that 65% of education funds should be spent in the classroom, and not on administration (with the devil being in the details of how classroom and administration are defined).
Dr. Hill is writing about efforts to push the plan in states other than Texas, but it's just as applicable here (especially since conservative pols like Rick Perry and Dan Patrick have jumped on the 65% bandwagon).
I haven't given the matter a whole lot of thought, but Dr. Hill raises some good points that really ought to be considered before jumping on the Perry and Patrick bandwagon.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/13/06 22:38 | Texas | Technorati
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This is one of those things that looks really good at first blush, but starts to look worse the more you look at it. Dealing with the details of what counts as classroom (coaches vs. librarians, budgets for buses, etc.) is enough of a headache, but this is an issue that sets up really well for demagoguery. It could really pit rural districts against urban districts in an ugly fight in the next Legislative session.
Posted by another precinct chair @ 15:26 on 03/14/06
That's an interesting thought, but I haven't found anyone in the ed community that likes the idea. It's an intriguing that that teachers would turn against unions on this... as George Will suggests in his original piece, but it hasn't happened in Texas. Yet.
Posted by Kimmy @ 17:30 on 03/18/06
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