From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The War on Schools Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 10:19:30 -0500
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:13:47AM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> Yet, as far as i can see. there isn't one constructive suggestion in > this entire editorial.
I thought it was implied that some or all of the money that was spent on waging war in Iraq should instead be spent on schools and education projects.
Okay, I can see that, but unless the Fed just gives the money to the states and somewhat illegally restricts its use for education, we're back at square one, no? Does the Fed Govt currently fund state school systems in any way?
While I don't really agree with that, I do think education is quite under-funded. There are a number of other things that could be cut to finance better education. NASA and anti-missile projects come to mind.
Education is _very_ underfunded. Teachers definitely need to be paid more and the system needs more money for basics. (My wife's an educator... you won't see an argument from me on that!) :)
Considering what we may have started with the DPRK, perhaps cutting funding to antimissile systems isn't such a great idea right now. :(
*sigh*
Jon
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