Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Op-Ed Columnist - Friedman

- Swimming Without a Suit - NYTimes.com:

"...in 30 industrialized countries, the U.S. ranked 25th out of the 30 in math and 24th in science. That put our average youth on par with those from Portugal and the Slovak Republic,"

Thomas Friedman describes it well...

It's not magic; you have to invest in schools if you expect to get something from them. And that means money! Lots of it... tax money to be exact. And none of it should ever be spent on football teams and cheerleaders. Spend it on education for a change.

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