Re:What's their budget? (Score 1)

Actually, I'd say NASA has a much greater and more obvious impact on our quality of live than the Department of Education. All the Dept. of Ed. can do is take surveys and make recommendations. Oh, and waste BILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars in doing so.

Also, that article is bottom-of-the-barrel as far as science writing is concerned. I've seen 4th graders write more enlightening and informative articles than that.