As this AP Story indicates, the abuse of the taxpayers and the tax money intended for our children's classroom continues.

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The Missouri General Assembly has passed one of the most significant education reforms in years. The last major reforms, not including the 2005 formula, was the mistake known as SB380 in 1993.

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Incoming Austin Independent School District Superintendent Meria Carstarphen has been receiving $1,000 a day for consulting work, even though she doesn’t start her new job until July 1.

School board President Mark Williams, in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman, said the compensation was approved because of Carstarphen’s work on next years’ AISD budget and other financial issues.

K-12 educationCourtesy of state Senator Thayer Verschoor (R-Gilbert), here are some interesting statistics from the Arizona Department of Education [with my notes in brackets]:

Here are some interesting facts taken from AZ Dept of Education reports from 2004 and 2008:

ADM [the student population] went from 859,023 in 2004 to 951,117 in 2008, a 10.7% increase.

Kudos to Rep. Warde Nichols (R-Chandler) for a very readable explanation of how K-12 education in Arizona did not actually suffer any spending cuts in the fixes to the FY 2009 state budget: