Our Education Shall Be Compromised Again

Our political leaders can't seem to understand that they are the problem. SO the trickle down effect of everything relates to money. And what area gets hit? Education.
Education is the fundamental building block of any country. When you dive in and research you see that "We as a Country" are lagging behind other worldly countries in education.

"Shutdown days possible for schools

More research needed, officials split on proposal

By Mal Leary
Capitol News Service

AUGUSTA, Maine — Faced with cuts in school subsidies this year and the certainty that state aid will be $60 million less next year, school officials and lawmakers are considering the idea of school shutdown days.

“One of the things superintendents talked about is, as opposed to cutting a program in its entirety, is that maybe we should be looking at statewide shutdown days for education,” Education Commissioner Susan Gendron told members of the Legislature’s Education Committee on Thursday. “We ran the numbers and that would save $7 million statewide for a student day, somewhat less for a non-student day.”" Read more >>