Colorado public schools are doing fine, thank you. Just ask the bureaucrats who run the system. They'll tell you that 80% of their students graduate from high school, much better than the national average of 70%.
Wait, what's this? The Manhattan Institute finds that only 68% of Colorado public school students graduate. Why the discrepancy? The Rocky Mountain News thinks perhaps it's because the school officials lied.
Why would anyone trust these people in the first place?
Posted by Walter at September 19, 2003 07:19 PMThe high school I went to was definitely one of the poorest in Colorado. The school library was a complete joke, I don't think there was a book in there newer than 1965. Maps still showed the USSR. We could crawl around in the ceilings and play with asbestos insulation. Now, the funding shortage has reached the college level and they're hitting us with tuition increases.
Why is it more important to bail out your rich friends in the airline industry than provide a decent education for your citizens?
Posted by: Nick Pelis at September 21, 2003 09:59 AM