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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Selectric II who wrote (469847)	10/2/2003 9:31:44 PM
From: Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The current "one-size-fits-all" public school system has benefited millions of children, but also failed millions of children. The chronic crisis in the District of Columbia schools continues to baffle "experts" in government who think the solution to every problem is more money. According to the Heritage Foundation, per pupil funding in the District - over $11,000 per student per year - is the highest in the nation. Teacher salaries are, on average, $47,049 - behind just two states. Meanwhile, D.C. public-school students routinely rank near the bottom in educational achievement by almost every measure Significant amount of money spent in the District are wasted by a corrupt bureaucracy. National Public Radio reported that District "[s]chool officials allegedly had been using money marked for repairs and textbooks to hire as many as 700 unqualified friends and relatives." truthnews.net