Trent Lott: “I say to my colleague, in a State that is trying to improve education, and, again, as a son of a schoolteacher, if just…”

“I say to my colleague, in a State that is trying to improve education, and, again, as a son of a schoolteacher, if just money would solve the problem, we would have a higher quality of education in America than we do today. We have spent well over $130 billion over the past several years for the title I program. I don't want to demean that program. It has done some good and can do more good, if we give a little more flexibility at the local level where the money can be used, where it may be used differently in Minnesota than it would be in Texas, give a little flexibility to make sure you are addressing the needs of those title I children in an appropriate way. But just money is not enough. We have to have some real reforms. Money is part of it. I admit that.”