Saturday, 6 March 2004 - 2:53 PM EST

Good stuff. That's a great statistic about education spending going up almost 100% in the last 30 years. At this point, compulsory public schools are as much a jobs program for education majors as a means of educating children.

Saturday, 6 March 2004 - 3:52 PM EST

You know, I'm still not completely sold on vouchers, but these kinds of numbers really make you step back and think. When conservatives talk about liberals wanting to "throw money at problems," education policy is exactly what they are talking about. Like I said, I don't know if vouchers are the answer, but you'd have to be an idiot to think that more of the same (more money, more teachers) is going to fix this problem.