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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Another week, another high-stakes showdown for New Jersey's Chris Christie, the Republican governor who has roiled his state and raised his national political profile in just one year in office. This time, the spotlight shines on the New Jersey Supreme Court, which will hear oral argument Wednesday morning in closely watched case about government funding for the Garden State's public school systems. The narrative -- cost-cutting governor battles teachers union and precedent -- would be interesting enough on its own given the fact that approximately $1 billion in public funding for the ...
While reading the New York Times Motherlode blog the other day, I was struck by a piece about current trends in American education. Apparently, many public school districts in the United States are increasingly turning to parents in order to cover budgetary shortfalls. In some cases, it's the parent-teacher associations that are spearheading the movement to make up for things like teacher's salaries and supplies when school boards can't. In other cases, schools are making direct appeals to parents for monetary contributions, sometimes making them mandatory. There's a lot to say about this ...
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