Big Think: What do you get for being a governor who cuts $860 million from his state’s education budget and forces schools to slash their arts education? A Lifetime Achievement Award for support of the arts from the Pittsburgh Opera. That’s what’s happening this Saturday to Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett and his wife, Sue. They’re to receive an award from the Opera while Corbett is in the midst of cutting basic-education funding, distressed-schools funding, higher education, and early childhood education.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Let them Eat Opera: Pennsylvania Governor Corbett Gets Honored for Supporting Arts While Slashing the Arts
Big Think: What do you get for being a governor who cuts $860 million from his state’s education budget and forces schools to slash their arts education? A Lifetime Achievement Award for support of the arts from the Pittsburgh Opera. That’s what’s happening this Saturday to Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett and his wife, Sue. They’re to receive an award from the Opera while Corbett is in the midst of cutting basic-education funding, distressed-schools funding, higher education, and early childhood education.
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