I was talking about this to my husband earlier, and it occurred to me that there ought to be a constituency to stop throwing money down the "education" hole. Wouldn't you think a majority of voters either ... don't have kids ... have kids over 18 ... homeschool ... use private schools ... or support educational choice on principle?
Admittedly it would be harder to organize this constituency than it is for the teachers unions, but the numbers should be there.
I wonder if anyone has asked Mr. Ballantine, who surely has more money than this family will ever see, whether his child will be attending her local public school next year.
Retch! I just watched about 50 minutes of the governor's debate. Both are Gawdawful. It's sad to say, but I think the current Dem Governor is better than Ballentine. There is NO WAY I am voting for Ballentine. Did you hear about his new 'poverty plan'! His whole platform is that he's going to turn NC into a Big Governemnt state.
I am hoping there is a libertarian candidate out there. If so, I'm voting for him. If the Dem gov comes up with some decent proposals I might consider him....