Where is public education funding getting "slashed" (at least in the K-12 level this article is talking about). Inflation-adjusted spending per pupil in the U.S. is up moderately since the 1990's, with a small dip in the last several years due to the recession: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/05/21/public-spending-pe.... We spend 25% more on education per student now than we did when I was a kid in the early 1990's.