In States, GOP Winners Mapping Course for K-12
Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at his victory party in Buda, Texas, on Nov. 2.
—LM Otero/AP
The big incoming crop of Republican governors and state lawmakers will inherit bleak conditions for funding school programs and face potentially vexing decisions about whether to pursue the ambitious education proposals crafted by their predecessors, often with bipartisan support.
Many of those victorious GOP candidates campaigned on time-tested conservative platforms, emphasizing a return to local control over education and resistance to what they see as state and federal overreach.
But they will also take office during a dynamic...
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