Obama's Concern for Educational Funding

At the recent annual meeting for the National Governors Association, Obama shared his input on educational budget, "Obama Urges Governors to Boost Education Funding" . Explaining the importance of educaton, Obama states,

“Nothing more clearly signals what you value as a state than the decisions you make about where to invest. Budgets are about choices".

Although, he believes that the states should not be cutting resources to school's, he did alter the requirements for the No Child Left Behind Act for ten states this year. By wavering the toughest standards that the states should meet, this permits them to cutting budgets from schools. If states still had to meet those requirements they would feel obligated to obtain the desired results, and it would be harder to cut budgets within the schools.

Higher education is also being effected by these budget cuts, 40 states have already decreased their funding towards colleges and universities, leaving the tuition increased for attending students. Although, I do agree with Obama's opinion that states should not be cutting budgets from schools, he believes it is going to effect the Unites States' rank against other countries. He explains,

"The countries who out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow. If we want America to continue to be number one and stay number one, we’ve got some work to do".