On beyond data.(federal budget)

"IT'S A BUDGET THAT FOcuses on results," President Bush told reporters on the day he sent his $2.57 trillion budget to Congress. "Taxpayers in America don't want us spending their money on something that's not achieving results."

Of course, results are important. Thus it's curious that one of the 48 education programs that Bush budgeted out of existence was a novel $306.5 million college-preparatory program for low-income students that's shown great promise. The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, aptly nicknamed GEAR-UP, gives ...

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