the constant manta we hear from a lot of people is that we aren't spending enough on education, and that if only we had more money everything would be swell. The facts haven't backed that up for many years.

This report indicates that education spending at the state level is doing just fine, thank you, with a national average of almost 17 percent growth between 1997 and 2002. I see no situation where spending has dropped. Please note the numbers are adjusted for inflation.

The Wall Street Journal has some comment on this as well, showing very little correlation between spending and performance, a fact that has been in all the statistics for a long time.

There are a lot of real issues with our education system. The constant refrain that all it takes is more money isn't one of them.

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