In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama claimed his "Race to the Top" education program is responsible for raising test scores in public schools.
The only problem is, test scores have not risen any faster under Obama than they did under President Bush, but federal speeding on education has skyrocketed.
"Our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record," Obama said Tuesday. And it is true, elementary and middle school math and reading scores were slightly better in 2013 (the latest year on record) then they were in 2012. But not by much. And the improvement during Obama's term has been no better or worse than during President Bush's.
But schooling does not end in middle school. High school students get tested too. Wonder why Obama failed to mention?
And all of this non-exeistant progress is costing tax payers billions. Federal spending on K-12 education has soared 43 since Obama became president, and that does not even include the tens of billions in stimulus dollars that produced zero academic results.
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