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What Are We Calling Waste? When “Efficiency” Reaches the Classroom
Politicians love to talk about cutting waste, eliminating red tape, and making government more efficient. But what happens when those “savings” reach an actual classroom? In this episode, we follow recent changes and proposals involving school meals, Head Start, after-school programs, and federal education standards to find out what is really being cut, who picks up the cost, and whether smaller government actually means more efficient government, or simply less of it. Along the way, we take the case for local control and deregulation seriously and ask the question politicians should have to…
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