Comments on: Spring 2010 Correspondence http://educationnext.org/spring-2010-correspondence/ Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Patrick R. Gibbons http://educationnext.org/spring-2010-correspondence/comment-page-1/#comment-11089 Patrick R. Gibbons Mon, 24 May 2010 17:39:13 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49633534#comment-11089 30,000 feet or on the ground it is clear there was a phony funding crisis. Here in Nevada, public education budget cuts during the 2010 special session left K-12 education with $200 million more (in nominal dollars) in the 2009-11 biennium than in the previous biennium. Meaning, even the budget cuts here have done no more than attempt to sustain previous high levels of K-12 spending (note, Nevada had a massive burst of education spending during the boom time and was fueled considerably by the housing bubble and housing construction which have now collapsed - we also have 13.7 percent unemployment statewide). Despite maintaining spending at the same levels as in the boom time, K-12 education in Nevada continues to complain about “devastating cuts.” 30,000 feet or on the ground it is clear there was a phony funding crisis. Here in Nevada, public education budget cuts during the 2010 special session left K-12 education with $200 million more (in nominal dollars) in the 2009-11 biennium than in the previous biennium. Meaning, even the budget cuts here have done no more than attempt to sustain previous high levels of K-12 spending (note, Nevada had a massive burst of education spending during the boom time and was fueled considerably by the housing bubble and housing construction which have now collapsed – we also have 13.7 percent unemployment statewide).

Despite maintaining spending at the same levels as in the boom time, K-12 education in Nevada continues to complain about “devastating cuts.”

]]> By: A Thought on the Nature of Debate « Meeting the Turnaround Challenge http://educationnext.org/spring-2010-correspondence/comment-page-1/#comment-9822 A Thought on the Nature of Debate « Meeting the Turnaround Challenge Sat, 15 May 2010 18:58:54 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49633534#comment-9822 [...] I think it is to engage often and honestly with opposing arguments.  Andy Smarick and I have a long-standing, and fairly public, disagreement over whether or not public policy and energy should be [...] [...] I think it is to engage often and honestly with opposing arguments.  Andy Smarick and I have a long-standing, and fairly public, disagreement over whether or not public policy and energy should be [...]

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