Status-quo educator wants to be 'in the driver's seat'

"Donna Anderson, a public school educator from Bennington in southeast Oklahoma, announced today that she will run for state Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2014," Patrick McGuigan reports.

A Democrat, Anderson opposes parental choice in education, specifically the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships. ...

She took a shot at incumbent state Superintendent Janet Barresi's background in business and dentistry, saying, "It is vital that educators, like me, are in the driver's seat of change."

The taxpayers who put Mrs. Anderson in the Bennington driver's seat are paying her just under six figures annually. Bennington students, however, are not performing at a high level. If you picked up the Bennington school district and plopped it down in Finland, the average Bennington student would be at the 5th percentile in math achievement. In Singapore, the average Bennington student would be at the 7th percentile. In Canada, the average Bennington student would be at the 9th percentile.