As I mentioned previously, it is a goal of this blog to inform readers of meetings we have with sources,at least with a brief summary here, even when we don’t write about them in the paper.
Well, I’m telling you about this one ahead of time. At Gov. Mark Sanford‘s request, Publisher Ann Caulkins, Associate Editor Cindi Scoppe and I are having lunch with him tomorrow (Wednesday). I don’t know what the governor has on his mind, but I’m sure we’ll find plenty to talk about, what with vetoes pending and the legislative session about to end. And while we know it’s that time of the year, we’re hoping that this isn’t his day to take the livestock to the State House, or there might not be enough for all at the buffet.
I’m writing this to ask you — yes, you, out there in the Blogosphere: What would you like us to ask the governor about? Time permitting, I’ll bring up to him the top suggestion or two.
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On my blog, John Warner and I have had a somewhat enlightening discussion about competing studies on school choice (the whole thing is here if anyone’s interested: http://www.crackthebell.com/cracked/2005/5/17/the-myth-of-markets-and-schools.html). I’m not a fan of the idea, but even the study I cite that sort of explodes the myth that private schools do a better job than public schools finds that private schools are doing a better job of closing the achievement gap between students of different socio-economic status.
I’d like to see if the governor has any ideas at all on how we can close this gap, either beyond his school choice idea or by crafting a school choice proposal truly aimed at underachieving students.