How to come up with $60 billion (or more) for education
Posted on: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/is-obamas-call-to-modernize-schools-really-necessary/2011/09/08/gIQANrLSDK_blog.html
President Obama proposed investing $30 billion for school repairs and renovations and another $30 billion to prevent teacher layoffs. There was no mention of an obvious means of saving money: Reduce testing and scrap plans to increase testing.
It is widely agreed that schools currently do too much testing, far more than is helpful or necessary, and the US Department of Education is planning to increase testing well beyond what we are doing now, all without any