Well... at least that's what the teachers unions would like us to think. In The Wall Street Journal's review & outlook: The Education BorgJanuary 23, 2006; Page A16

Thank goodness for John Stossel; he tells it like it is, even if it stings. Tune in tonight for a particularly biting analysis of the American Education system. For "Stupid in America," a special report ABC will air Friday, we gave identical tests to high school students in New Jersey and in Belgium. The Belgian kids cleaned the American kids' clocks. The Belgian kids called the American students "stupid."

From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Organizations, including colleges and universities, that pay people to lobby the federal government are required by law to report those expenditures to Congress every six months. But because of the way the federal disclosure law defines lobbying, not every dollar that universities spend needs to be reported…

The Northwest Indiana Times posed this interesting question on Sunday. It speaks to the debate developing around Gov. Daniels' plan to encourage schools to reduce overhead costs in order to free up more money for teachers, as opposed to adding multiple costly programs as the Dem’s plan to do.