Archive for March 13th, 2013

Hey, Arne: Why not Sequester these folks?

March 13, 2013

Remember Education Secretary Arne Duncan pitching the party line on Sequester, saying that 70,000 teachers would lose their jobs.

Implied: no place else to look for the savings.

Well, the Milton Friedman Foundation crunched some nums, and guess what?

In 25 states, the number of bureaucrats and administrators now outnumber teachers in public schools.

Whoa, Nellie.

Here are the 10 states will the worst staff to teacher ratios.

Start looking there, Arne.

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Source: Carpe Diem

Grieves me to see my home state of VA at the top of the list … almost 2 to 1 admin to teachers.

Ouch.

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For state-by-state details, check out the cool interactive chart the the Friedman folks put together … everything you need to know about public schools,

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Uh-O: Where is the love ?

March 13, 2013

According to a McClatchy-Marist poll, President Obama’s  approval rating has dropped to the lowest level in more than a year … putting him underwater 45% to 48%

 

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The pollsters opine that “At least some of the president’s fall to Earth lies in the fact that voters no longer see him in the context of an election. He has to stand alone in the eyes of voters.”

That is, it’s not a matter of better or worse than Romney … it’s a matter of doing the job effectively or not.

The poll also reports that “Obama’s personal popularity also has declined, with 48 percent of voters having favorable impressions of him and 48 percent having unfavorable impressions.

That was down from 53-44 in December.  It also was the lowest since November 2011, when it was 47-49.”

Hard to believe that name-calling and whoppers would nick a guy’s nice guy image …

The poll also queried “Who has the better approach with the budget deficit?”

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