Over the years, our nation's schools have fallen further and further behind those in other countries. Our children aren't learning the basics, let alone developing skills that will help them succeed in college or the workforce. We're now seeing the results of that decline: our children's reading and math scores are often far from impressive, especially in inner cities, America is no longer the innovator it once was and many of our major companies must out source highly skilled technical positions to other countries because they can't find qualified workers here.

No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US
School finance
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009-US