Ronald Reagan: “Total expenditures for our schools rose more than 600 percent between…”

On the recordMarch 4, 1984

Total expenditures for our schools rose more than 600 percent between 1960 and 1980, but Scholastic Aptitude Test scores were in a steady decline.

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Remarks at the Annual Conference of the National League of Cities

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