Check out these two articles that each quote our own Mike Petrilli. A Christian Science Monitor piece dissects the Bush legacy on domestic policy issues, including education. Mike jumps in to discuss NCLB. And a story in USA Today talks about how some hard-pressed school systems really want a piece of the federal bailout package. Why are schools hurting in the first place? Well, Mike says one reason might be that long-term teacher contracts have locked many districts into automatic raises and growing pension expenditures without the flexibility to cut costs. Hmmm....He also manages to deftly weave chickens into his quote.
