There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle.

I think Bush has capitulated on affirmative action and government spending. Apart from that, he's OK, I guess. About the same as Howard Dean.

If you're going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result in some loosening up and privatization of the government school system.

If you're going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result in some loosening up and privatization of the government school system.

Based on the physiological researches there is a connection between self confidence and the person’s professional efficiency, and his ability to fix his mistakes and failures.
And pedagogical studies suggest to teachers to deal with their students as partners in the educational process, and not only as the part targeted to be educated.

I think good teachers are underpaid.