Over the past 10 years, the average salary for public schoolteachers increased only 1.3 percent after adjusting for inflation, not enough to keep pace with the soaring costs of housing, health care and gasoline.
After 7 years of No Child Left Behind, only 1 in 3 fourth graders are reading at or above proficiency levels. The policy has left African Americans even further behind: only 1 in 10 black fourth graders are reaching these levels.
“The Nations' Report Card: Reading 2007,”. U.S. Department of Education. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2007/2007496.pdf. “Next Round Begins For No Child Left Behind,” Christian Science Monitor, 8 January 2007. http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0108/p01s01-uspo.html
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The nation has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in school infrastructure to create an environment where children can be properly educated and prepared for the future. Almost exclusively a state and local responsibility, this infrastructure requires maintenance and capital investment. However, public concern is growing that while laws require
children to attend school, some school buildings may be unsafe or even harmful to children’s health. This report analyzes the deterioration of public school building infrastructure and explains the hazards association with these buildings. more »
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We have the technology to lift all boats. We (at least the folks visiting this site) know what we have is better than a lot of the world but is far from the best there can be. There is a solution available that can eliminate poverty and hunger, the national debt (not just the deficit), pollution, and lots more problems. The solution will take a great deal of refocusing of effort. more »
President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget would provide more tax cuts heavily skewed to the most well-off while cutting vital services for low- and moderate-income Americans, generating large deficits, and increasing the strain on states already confronting budget problems as a result of the economic downturn. The budget reflects misguided priorities that would leave the American people more vulnerable in a number of ways. more »
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washingtonpost.com — At their annual retreat, Democrats are thinking smaller, much smaller than in 2007. They hope to leave Friday with the beginnings of a scaled-down plan to pass a handful of bills in the House — even if they cannot get through the Senate — and build a case for November that Democrats have been productive enough to warrant at least another two years in the majority.
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