By Jeff Bryant
Government funding for public schools has been cut so dramatically that now most states are
funding schools less than before the recession.
Legend has, political disputes are supposed to be
resolvable only when parties “meet in the middle” and shake hands on points of
agreement that are possible.
But in the much-contested issue of “education
reform,” only one of the disputing parties in the debate tends to be implored
to seek compromise.
What this looks like in one of the nation’s largest
school district, Los Angeles, came to the attention of many recently when a Facebook campaign led by a local teacher
provided a cavalcade of photographs showing the deplorable conditions of that
city’s public schools. “The images,” reported the Los Angeles Times, include missing ceiling
tiles, broken sinks and water fountains, ant invasions, dead roaches and rat
droppings.”
