Why have education when you can have war?
National Priorities Project just broken down the cost of the Iraq war as it pertains to Minnesota taxpayers. Apparently, the proposed budget of war will cost our state at least 3.1 billion dollars!
As National Priorities points out:
Thanks to The Center for American Progress including a link to this info on their email newsletter.
I guess this answers questions as to why President Bush has severely underfunded NCLB and nearly every other bill he has passed.
As for Minnesota, many schools are struggling to meet all the NCLB requirements. Whether it is due to the minimal funding or ridiculous standards, you know there are serious problems when the Minneapolis interm-Superintendent David Jennings states, "I think it's the single worst piece of federal legislation written in my adult lifetime."
I think it is time that we, as a nation, decided what our priorities are.
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As National Priorities points out:
By comparison, Minnesota will recieve from federal aid $659.3 million for the No Child Left Behind Act, $182.4 million for Environmental Protection Agency programs, and $205.8 million in Community Development Block Grant programs over the same three-year period.
Thanks to The Center for American Progress including a link to this info on their email newsletter.
I guess this answers questions as to why President Bush has severely underfunded NCLB and nearly every other bill he has passed.
As for Minnesota, many schools are struggling to meet all the NCLB requirements. Whether it is due to the minimal funding or ridiculous standards, you know there are serious problems when the Minneapolis interm-Superintendent David Jennings states, "I think it's the single worst piece of federal legislation written in my adult lifetime."
I think it is time that we, as a nation, decided what our priorities are.
