Over time the circle of loyalists became more venal and narrowly circumscribed, the need actually to please the people less keenly felt; education fared particularly poorly.
The quality of education is still poor, and the government is far off its target of providing universal primary education by 2015.The private sector, which accounts for 30% of primary and secondary education, fares little better.
Higher education fared better, with respondents citing high-quality universities as the nation's top competitive advantage.
K-12 education fares relatively well, but it will take a huge hit if the revenues aren't passed.
Even though skilled workers, particularly those who have undergone vocational education and training, fare comparatively well when transiting to the labour market, they are nevertheless increasingly facing problems at labour market entry in Switzerland (Salvisberg and Sacchi [2013], [2014]).
Journalist Amanda Ripley recently released a book, The Smartest Kids In The World, that followed American high school students who partook in exchange programs in Finland, Korea and Poland to better understand how those countries' education systems fare so well.
Various groups — men and those without a college education — have fared even worse.
Meanwhile, here's Mr Barbour explaining why he wouldn't take federal stimulus money to expand unemployment insurance:And in terms of poverty, health, and education, Mississippi fares poorly, as always.
Bill Rammell, vice-chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire and a former Labour universities minister, agrees: "No one can really deny that higher education has fared much better, financially, than the rest of the public sector.
