Opinion Journal shares this interesting fact about government spending on Education

Federal spending on K-12 education will top $41 billion in 2004. Add in state and local spending, and the figure rises to a record half-trillion dollars. That’s double the amount spent in 1990 and a third more than the $375 billion the U.S. will spend on defense this year.

Remember that education spending has doubled in 13 years next time you hear people tell you that all we need to do to fix the problems with the schools is to spend more money. We already spend too much. The problem is not the lack of money.