I always thought that one of the requirements for a "journalism" degree was to have 90% of one's brain removed.
“Public education” has become primarily a Democrat Party money-laundering operation (via mandated teacher union dues).
Taxes are spent, and get turned RIGHT back into Democrat Campaigns.
There is little interest, among the Dem Pols that vote on Education budgets, on making schools better or more efficient. Just maximizing the number of dollars (taxes) spent. Since they get a cut of it.
In California, out here Prop. 13 is viewed to be “bad” because it is an institutional barrier to this goal - of maximizing Dem Party money flows through public/teacher unions.
A corrupt, inefficient, immoral, racketeer mess.
Students, parents, teachers, and the business community - all lose sound and cost effective educational services, over time. However, a few pathetic unemployable talentless but powerful Marxist Dem Pol hacks win — big-time, and keep destroying educational institutions with their corrupt inefficient unions...for the rest of us.