I wrote this 10 years ago today and it’s just as true today as it was then.

Well, I’m just going to say it. Here’s why education is under attack…And why the legislature is getting away with it. 1) There is a nationwide movement under way to characterize all public employees as lazy and overpaid 2) Teaching is still seen as a woman’s profession 3) The media and its consumers love stories about how our students are underperforming without actually investigating the validity of those claims 4) Education is the largest part of the state budget. Any money saved there can be used for tax cuts. 5) Channeling money to religious schools through vouchers panders to the religious right.6) The right-wing legislators who caused this get elected because too many voters are convinced that ALL tax money goes to lazy poor people.