?53 percent of voters are "completely" or "somewhat" dissatisfied with K-12 education in America, but only 21 percent are dissatisfied with their own kids' school.? ? Matthew Yglesias
How much do Oregonians really want to change their public
schools. Not much, I think. There are very strong sentiments, neighborhood school by neighborhood school,
school district by school district, to keep schools as they are (perhaps better
funded). As an advocate for change (more foreign language immersion programs,
high school study abroad programs, and more online learning opportunities), I
am constantly pushing against these sentiments.
Blogger Matthew Yglesias has a blog post ?Liberalism and
Conservatism Have the Same Glass Jaw?
-? The Voters Don?t Want Change? that
discusses the resistance to change at a national level (here):
?. Policy entrepreneurs who are seriously committed to change tend to find ways to persuade themselves that voters secretly agree with them, but these soundings always suffer from abstract/concrete problems. 53 percent of voters are "completely" or "somewhat" dissatisfied with K-12 education in America, but only 21 percent are dissatisfied with their own kids' school. Romney's most important promise in the Medicare reform debate is that nobody who's old will have to face any changes, and Obama's most important promise in the Affordable Care Act debate was that nobody who's currently insured would have their coverage change.
This tension between ideologues' desire to change things up and citizens' love of the status quo seems like a pretty natural part of the political process. But what's weird about America today is the conspicuous silence of the center. Where else but the middle would we expect politicians to stand tall and proud in defense of widely popular existing arrangements?.....
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