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IOWAHAWK: Longhorns 17, Badgers 1. In which Paul Krugman has an unfortunate encounter with someone?

By Glenn Reynolds

IOWAHAWK: Longhorns 17, Badgers 1. In which Paul Krugman has an unfortunate encounter with someone who actually knows stuff. “Perhaps the most striking thing in these numbers is the within-state gap between white and minority students. Not only did white Texas students outperform white Wisconsin students, the gap between white students and minority students in Texas was much less than the gap between white and minority students in Wisconsin. In other words, students are better off in Texas schools than in Wisconsin schools – especially minority students. Conclusion: instead of chanting slogans in Madison, maybe it’s time for Wisconsin teachers to take refresher lessons from their non-union counterparts in the Lone Star State.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 03, 2011 (boomark / email).