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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 In The News: Is Texas Preparing To Rob The Cradle? Is this the sort of symptom the Romans were experiencing a couple of thousand years ago? Is this yet another symptom of the decline of one of the greatest "powers" the world has ever known? Can there be a healthy, dynamic democracy and market system without having a healthy education system? It seems like we are in a cycle of demanding more from schools...but providing less to accomplish that end. It hasn't just started with this financial crisis...nor this budget. The "growth" in public education spending over the past decades was due primarily to the growth of special programs (particularly, special education). Bottom line, we are asking fewer people to do much more with less time. It seems that the cuts could start to reach the depth of major arteries this go-around in Texas. Am I wrong? Are we willing to invest in young people to keep our country from growing "old?" Do we already invest too much? And so on...and so on. Here is a video story from last night on WFAA.com. You can also find the story in print here. Posted at 9:13 AM Keywords: In The News , Budgets , School Financing , Texas 0 Comments |