There was NO cut in the education budget.
let me repeat
THERE WAS NO CUT IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION BUDGET.
The Texas lege voted a 15% INCREASE in the public education budget for 2013-2013 over the 2010-2011 budget.
I really hate how this lie gets repeated over and over and no media will actually research it to corect it.
The other posts in this thread do a great job of pointing out spending money does not equate a good education. Washington DC spends over 13k PER student and still most fail.
Deacon
You make the best point, each family should contribute something toward their own child’s education instead of expecting gov’t to do it for them.
Thanks for that RWGinger. Truth is good.
Here is another tidbit regarding the sports and that the parents should pay.
In my town in Texas during football season, there are typically 3 games played at the stadium and the ticket sales for each game run $ 60,000. each game.
The money, after stadium expenses, goes to the schools athletic departments to support the sports. Not to mention the advertising revenue from the Jumbo-tron.
And regarding this article:
“80% living below poverty level in Pasadena TX?”
I checked out Wikipedia and according to it:
“About 13.2% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the poverty line,”
So, I find it very hard to believe 80% of the people in Pasadena TX are below poverty levels considering that city is an oil and gas exploration + mega industrial region.
It’s clear this is just a liberal hit piece and it is directed at Perry - nothing new under the sun.
Ahh...! Okay, so there IS an answer to my question at post #62 !
Thank you!
Just as I suspected: the author of this drek, Claudio Sanchez, is a lying sack of dog feces.
NPR. Surprise, surprise..