"we're providing more funding for our schools-a 36 percent increase since 2001. we are requiring higher standards. we are regularly testing every child on the fundamentals."-president george w. bush, 2004 state of the union address
"for less than one percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we've convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning-the first time that's happened in a generation."-president barack obama, 2012 state of the union address
based on the quotes above, it is reasonable to assume that