Evidently I wasn’t the only one struck by Iowahawk’s masterfully takedown off Paul Krugman and The Economist on the middling (at best) performance of Wisconsin’s unionized education system. Now Iowahawk strikes again to confirm that, yes, he was right the first time. He also goes into more detail of the various dropout statistics, ACT/SAT scores, etc.
Also, Iowahawk reader Michael Pollard helpfully supplied statistics showing the comparison between Texas and Wisconsin also held generally when comparing the other maligned non-union states to Wisconsin. Sayeth Iowahawk: “Wisconsin is a (1) middling performer for white students; (2) below middling for Hispanic students, and (3) an absolute disaster for black students.”
Read the whole thing.