The New York Times reported (2/1/2009) that the words used by 12 governors in the State of the State addresses had dramatically changed:
2007 2008
Economy 297 505
Budget 285 389
Jobs 243 351
Revenue 78 134
Recession 2 68
Schools 443 332
Education 389 310
Children 216 187
Students 233 183
As you can see from the above data, education has moved to a back burner on state agendas. Since states fund 93-94% of the school budgets, it is important to take note that we are up to our necks in alligators. Now is the time to notify our local representatives that we are concerned that education does not fall by the wayside in these critical times.