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Originally posted by tw
(from the Economist) "The harsh truth is that most Republican parents are fairly content with their local schools."
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So for a minute, let's just assume that most of these Republican parents live in the suburbs...or in Phoenix. So, my question is, how much longer will there be contentment? Trouble is spreading to the suburbs...look at where all the troubles have occurred: a suburb of Denver, 2 suburbs of San Diego, and the middle of podunk freakin nowhere--Paducah (Trust me, it IS podunk.). Look at the bomb threats over in the Pottstown schools as well.
Not to mention, let's look at it from an urban sprawl view: Migration is spreading outward to the exoburbs (?). This may cause two potential situations: 1) As people migrate further out, there will be no kids to fill all the schools built during the boom. Or 2) People with lower incomes will be able move to these burbs, property values and income will decrease, and the schools will become not so good.
So it would seem, at least in my opinion, that Bush simply makes all this nice-nice talk about education to try and soothe inner-city folk. Not to mention, some folks are still a bit too worried about Big Brother.