Half of Koreans Say Education Autonomy Has No Effect, Skepticism Grows Over Direct Election of Superintendents

KEDI Survey Shows 46.3% Negative, Only 10.3% Positive 900,000 Invalid Votes, Repeated Ideological Battles... "Blind Elections" Criticized Education Grant Tax Era of 80 Trillion Won... Questions Mount Over Superintendents' Role

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Original reporting by Yang Chul-min for Seoul Economic Daily.

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