The School Poverty Gambit
Kevin Carey,
The Quick,
Jan 08, 2009
We're seeing more school cuts in the U.S. (it is actually getting pretty ugly) and we see the new right saying that this is a good thing. And now I find myself agreeing with Kevin Carey: "Investors and shareholders are being forced to take a haircut because the greedy, incompetent companies they own drove themselves into bankruptcy. Teachers are supposed to take a haircut because--just because?" Cutting funding to education will not make it better. "In reality, the most likely consequence of massive school budget cuts--besides taking a lot of money out of the hands of middle-class workers who will respond by reducing consumption and driving us further into a Depression--is to cause everyone to hunker down in survival mode and make school reform harder."
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