The largesse from billionaires Tim Dunn and brothers Farris and Dan Wilks has made its way into local politics across Texas. Courtney Gore, a Republican school board member in Granbury, says it’s part of their strategy to build support for vouchers.
They needed managers and accountants, so they begrudgingly agreed to educate everyone’s kids as long as the public pay for it and they get to ultimately decide the curriculum. There’s always been push back on that second point, especially by teachers. In the modern era, STEM* is most useful to industry so everything else gets de-funded to the point of meaninglessness.
*STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
They needed managers and accountants, so they begrudgingly agreed to educate everyone’s kids as long as the public pay for it and they get to ultimately decide the curriculum. There’s always been push back on that second point, especially by teachers. In the modern era, STEM* is most useful to industry so everything else gets de-funded to the point of meaninglessness.
*STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
There are plenty of ‘STEM’ jobs that are being outsourced.
Yeah, I wasn’t trying to imply there isn’t. Just adding to your comment.
This country is like a Jenga. They are taking more and more from the bottom to try and put more at the top.