My comment to an opinion piece in The Oregonian (http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/12/tim_nesbitt_finding_the_balanc.html#incart_river): Public K-12 education in Oregon is underfunded. The so-called, " 'largest investment ever made' in K-12 education," was still hundreds of millions of dollars less than what the Quality Education Commission determined was required to adequately fund public schools. There is no point in pretending that it is possible to hire more teachers and other education professionals and support personnel and to increase the number of school days without significantly increasing the level of funding that is available. It is the responsibility of the state legislature to provide this level of funding. It is mandated to do so by the state constitution, but it shirks its responsibility. If we value public education, then we must pay for it.
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