Our governor just proposed a new state budget that would cut educational expenditures by the state something like $400 per child. The local school districts are in a panic. I am baffled.
I've been wondering why we can't go a little more low tech in the classroom these days. Why do we need $200 worth of math textbooks per child when the basics have been taught for ages using nothing but a blackboard, some chalk and either a slate or paper and pencil? Why can't we pull out old textbooks to use? Of course, I know that books get old and useless. Information becomes outdated...but how outdated can 2x2=4 become?
Is there honestly nowhere to cut back?
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