baldeagle wrote:Oh, good Lord. If you've been in Texas for any time at all, you know this isn't the state's first rodeo with the court system over school funding. I sometimes wonder if it will ever get straightened out. But to blame Perry for that is to completely misunderstand what's been going on in the past twenty or thirty years.OldGrumpy wrote:Would be great if Governor "Good Hair" would be spend more time helping the whole state instead of just looking good as a candidate. What he has allowed to happen to our school system is a disgrace as witnessed by last weeks state court decision. We will all be paying for this Perry messup.
Since 1920 the cost per pupil of education has increased by a factor of 20, yet our current students "graduate" without being able to read, write or spell. The problem with Texas schools isn't their funding. It's the top heavy administrative ranks that do nothing but increase costs and decrease teacher autonomy. It's mismanagement, corruption and abject incompetence. For thirty years now we've heard a steady drumbeat from educational officials that they need more money. It's time to demand results from the money we already spend.
There are a number of private schools doing a much better job of teaching students for less money than what we pay for the failure we call public education.
You missed on the first part because I doubt there are many on this forum more Texas than me. Born and raised here. Had family members who fought at San Jacinto - so drop the lecture about not being Texan! Rest of what you say is very valid. My point is that we need leadership to help overcome the obstacles that exist to Texas being first in education. Can the governor do it alone - absolutely not! However, I would like to see him leading the charge as George W. Bush and other governors have done.