The stats cited in this column, about public education, makes our revolution seem so small and so efficient:
*"But it is also true that a system with more than 14,000 school districts, 86,000 schools, nearly three million teachers plus millions of other staff members and some 47 million students."
*"Since 1983, this nation has: spent trillions of more dollars on the public schools; increased per pupil spending by 50 percent or more, measured in constant dollars; and tried repeatedly to reform the system."
