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The most recent Census Bureau data reveals that of the $3.2 trillion in total expenditures by state and local governments in 2012, public education accounted for the highest percent at nearly 28 percent, California is home to what appears to be the most wasteful K-12 spenders. ... 11 of California’s 16 most-populated cities score in the bottom 25 of U.S. cities on standard tests. The worst performing cities have in common the very high percentages of households where English is not spoken as a first language. Research shows that the language barrier can have a disastrous effect on learning outcomes....

PTA parents must fight illegal alien educational spending Kevin Fobbs September 19, 2006 PTA parents: welcome to America 2006. Your child wants to play football or play in the school band or on the soccer team. Well you already know you have to dig a little deeper into your wallet due to school budget cuts. While the cost to parents handling out cash in order to keep their children in these extra curricular activities keeps going up, another part of state educational budget is actually exploding because those dollars are being diverted to educating illegal alien children because of an...

We're hearing quite a bit from politicians who decry what they call "the two Americas," by which they mean the rich and the poor. Notwithstanding the fact that "poor" Americans are wealthier than most of the other people of the world, this political ploy seems to me to be divisive and rooted in the politics of envy. Be that as it may, I believe that there really are two Americas — the educated and the uneducated. And education is the basis of wealth in the United States. Aside from the occasional pop star who makes a fortune in show business...