September 6, 2003

w Funds Effective Reading

In today's weekly radio address w tells us about his admin's record in supporting the No Child Left Behind Act. Next year's budget proposes a cool $1.1 billion for effective reading programs. That seem like a pretty large sum at first glance but then reality sets in.

In 2001 there were 46,906,607 students in public schools. So that $1.1 billion works out to a little over $23/student. Perhaps enough to buy 1/3 of a textbook each. I'll bet, though, that the money comes with the usual federal hooks: do it this way or you will not get the money.

Posted by Steve on September 6, 2003
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