Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 17, 2008
by Mary Njoroge
In 2000, the countries of the world agreed to a goal to provide universal access to education by 2015. Kenya and other countries are doing what they can to build better schools and retain more teachers, but they cannot do it alone. Congress is considering legislation that would authorize enough funding to meet the U.S. commitment to this, and other international goals. The Education for All Act would authorize $1 billion in basic education this year, scaling up to $3 billion in 2012.
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