That's my quick read of the report released today by National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. The only specific recommendations related to k-12 education are to eliminate the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and to offload the Department of Defense schools on local districts.
Education groups should be happy that the co-chairs see education as an investment, not a cost?which is hardly unreasonable. Still, the report doesn't call for any big bailouts of our schools, either. Which means that, in light of big state budget shortfalls, austere days are still ahead.
-Mike Petrilli
