Today’s news includes an unsurprising critique of Gov. Walker by school principals, a moderately surprising critique of Clinton’s college debt relief plan, and a never-seen-this-before instance in which GAO employees are accused of defrauding the government of over $11,000 each by faking eligibility for school lunch price reductions:
Scott Walker’s War on Big Government Isn’t Helping Schools, Principals Say PK12: A group of 35 principals from the southern Wisconsin area wrote to Gov. Scott Walker arguing that in the current policy and political climate, districts simply don’t have enough power. See also HuffPost, Washington Post.
Hillary Clinton’s student debt video misses the biggest problem with paying for college Vox: The people featured — who have unusually high levels of debt, sky-high interest rates, or both — are outliers, and they’re not necessarily the people Clinton’s plan would do the most to help. The video includes four young adults who mention specific numbers in connection with their own student debt. Their stories are scary. But, thankfully, they’re not typical.
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