“THE United States supports schools in Afghanistan because we know that education is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a country. Alas, we’ve forgotten that lesson at home. All across America, school budgets are being cut, teachers laid off and education programs dismantled.” Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, 7/17/11
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17kristof.html?_r=0