Ben Velderman of the Education Action Group wrote an excellent profile on South Carolina State Superintendent of Education Mick Zais in a guest post over at Caffeinated Carolina. I encourage you to read it. Here’s a money quote for me: “The education industrial complex is bipartisan,” Zais said. “We have RINOs – Republicans in Name […]
Education Monopolies: Money Down the Drain
Deborah Thornton, a research analyst at the Public Interest Institute in Mt. Pleasant, IA, pointed out in a guest post at Caffeinated Thoughts that even though education spending has increased dramatically over the last 20 years, results have not. Thornton writes: For example, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in 2007 reported that 12th […]