EdTech Funding Cut from Proposed FY06 budget

An anonymous reader writes "Bush's proposed FY06 budget eliminates a $500M Enhancing Education Through Technology program that is a major component of many schools' tech budgets. Rural school districts that serve underprivileged populations are going to be especially hard-hit, since they rely so heavily on technology to use educational resources that would otherwise be unavailable."

Comments

Re:So what?

[hey!]

Excellent.

Now, I, from the wealthy state of Massachusetts, won't be paying for the education of all those kids in those dirt poor counties in Texas.

Re:I somewhat agree

[EnronHaliburton2004]

We'll have created a third world underclass in our own country.

I often wonder if that's the goal-- an uneducated labor force will keep wages down (And profits UP UP UP!), are less likely to complain about poor working conditions, less likely to organize, vote, or call their government representative to complain.