(2003-06-23) — A decline in reading skills among U.S. 12th-graders demonstrates that taxes are far too low across much of the nation, according to an unnamed spokesman for the National Education Association (NEA).
The teacher’s union representative said “huge influxes of cold cash” are needed in the tax-funded, government-regulated school system “for the good of the children.”
Only 36 percent of seniors tested at the proficient level in reading, which is down from 40 percent four years ago.
“There’s nothing like cash to make kids smarter,” said the NEA spokesman. “We believe that taxpayers still have some more money in their pockets. And they could use those dollars to fund higher teacher salaries, more administrative positions, and more school computers so kids can learn how to do PowerPoint presentations.”
This week the NEA will launch its “No Dollar Left Behind” campaign designed to ensure that every greenback has a chance to go to school.
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Nation’s School Report Card Shows Taxes Are Too Low
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1 Unlearned Hand // Jun 23, 2003 at 3:28 pm
BLOG FODDER FOUND
Courtesy of the United States Supreme Court (which I, incidentally, will be visiting next week — I wonder of they’ll let me stand and deliver an argument, you know, just for kicks…), I have something with a little meat to…
2 Ryne McClaren: A Weblog // Jun 23, 2003 at 9:36 pm
Truth In Headlines
Well, if Scrappleface was to write them: Nation’s School Report Card Shows Taxes Are Too Low….
3 Jessica's Well // Jul 8, 2003 at 9:20 am
http://WWW.JESSICASWELL.COM/MT/archives/000683.html
The fact that Midland Academy Charter School is relocating did turn out to be a big story. The school is having major problems right now and its failure is a possibility.Oddly enough, that is proper. When these schools don’t perform,…
4 Number 2 Pencil // Mar 15, 2004 at 1:26 pm
Are we getting better or worse?
Good news - A new report shows our nation’s fourth-grade reading scores on NAEP have increased. Bad news - The same report shows that the NAEP reading scores for high school seniors have consistently declined. The report can be found…