The Money That Got Snatched From Your Kid This Year

[Playinghardball]

It’s worse than bullies shaking kids down for milk money. (Psst, Rick Perry’s one of the worst.)



Source: MoveOn.org

[msongs]

1. yeah but the race to the top is going to save america's schools and kill unions too nt

[dawg]

2. South Carolina?

South freakin' Carolina?

They are one of only three states that increased their funding?

Well, good for them, I guess.

One of the sole good things about being from Georgia has been the ability to point to South Carolina and say, "At least we're not them."

And now, even that has been taken from me. :)

[eilen]

4. It's all relative

Consider the size of their education budget and population changes (# pupils) to begin with.

[customerserviceguy]

5. By my count

there are only 24 states in that list. I wonder where the others are?

[abelenkpe]

3. O California....

:cry:

[Quantess]

6. Let me get this straight...

California slashed that much from K-12 public schools, but yet they think NOW is a good time to allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at California colleges?