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The limits of money: schools K-12 have plenty of dough, but what have they to show?

National Review

| October 11, 2004 | Hess, Frederick M. | COPYRIGHT 2004 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

JOHN KERRY has repeatedly denounced the Bush administration for promoting an ambitious education agenda but refusing to foot the bill. Kerry charged in his campaign book, A Call to Service, that the administration has "undermin[ed] education funding as part of a larger strategy of directing every available school dollar toward tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans." Kerry has particularly attacked Bush for not spending enough money to support the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act. In a July speech to the American Federation of Teachers, Kerry accused the administration of "[breaking] their promise by shortchanging the law by $27 billion. Millions of children have ...

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