Perry's math on school spending draws fire AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry, as he has proposed financial incentives for public school achievement, has cited a figure of $10,400 a year per student as Texas' rate of spending on education. He attributes the statistic to the National Education Association, the nation's largest teacher group. Perry argues that Texas already puts a lot of money into education, despite what critics say. But a spokesman for the NEA's affiliate in the state, the Texas State Teachers Association, said the $10,400 figure does not appear in any NEA report and is actually a...