State of the States

Blagojevich Sends Shockwaves Through Ed. Agency

After absorbing the bombshell of hearing their governor liken the state's education agency to a "Soviet-style bureaucracy" and propose gutting it in favor of a new department, Illinois officials said they were still uncertain about how quickly and easily his plan could be implemented.

State of the States Gov. Rod Blagojevich stunned many state legislators by using his Jan. 15 State of the State Address to blast the Illinois board of education, the agency that oversees school policy, accusing it of failing to promote academic improvements...