Comments from the education sub-committee hearing

"When it comes to K-12, the story is similar. More money has been spent while results have gotten worse. "

"Consider that between school years 1999 and 2005, the number of central administrators employed by Texas public schools grew by 32.5%, overall staffing in public schools grew by 15.6%, while the number of teachers grew only 13.3%. Meanwhile, actual drop-out rates in Texas schools are 30 percent."

"These administrators need to scrutinize the costs in their own districts and institutions and demonstrate that they are maximizing results with existing funds before they come to taxpayers with hat in hand."

More administrators who are suppose to be the bean counters, but some where along the way they started cooking and eating all the beans! Left the poor teachers with the empty pots.

Wonder why the teacher organizations are not jumping up and down and screaming from the mountaintops on this issue. Surely all education organizations and associations don't lay in the same bed. Sooner are later you have to stand up to protect your own.