Open the Books – Chris Powell column

Buying teacher union support doesn’t make schools better

By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut is a case study of the fallacy that spending on public schools correlates with student learning. The state has been increasing spending in the name of education since the state Supreme Court’s 1977 decision in the school financing case of Horton v. Meskill, which prompted state government to increase financial grantsContinue reading “Buying teacher union support doesn’t make schools better”