Sunday, March 19, 2006

Op-ed column criticizes 65 percent solution

Missouri Governor Matt Blunt has dropped his idea of forcing Oversight.com CEO Patrick Byrne's 65 percent idea in which schools are required to spend at least 65 percent of their money for what is termed as "classroom" usage. Though now it has been watered down to a bill recommending that the 65 percent be followed and schools that do be called the governor's special schools, it is still a troubling idea.
The idea is addressed by Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the new book "Tough Love for Schools," in an op-ed column from the Washington Times.

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