Why we don't need to spend any more money on schools, and should spit on the teachers' unions: "The National Assessment of Educational Progress released in June revealed that Washington, D.C., students score the lowest in the country in reading, even though the system spends more money per pupil than 49 states do, and even though teacher salaries are among the highest in the nation. And Washington, D.C.'s, Options Public Charter School replaced its principal, Clarence Edward Dixon, in May after learning that he is a felon with a long arrest record and in fact had been reporting to work daily wearing an ankle monitor as a condition of probation for credit-card fraud. [Washington Times, 6-20-03] [Washington Times, 5-22-03]"