education you think is unscathed by budget cover proposals at this point? >> right. here's what we know. education spending has been on an unsustainable path for the past three decades, more than three decades now. when we look at the president's fy 12 it looks to increase that spending by 20% over 2010 levels alone. ultimately it's really not about spending more money. we need to start thinking about how to spend that money wisely and better target those resources to the schools that are most in need. >> leona, you say there are things for parents here to be concerned about right now. we know that, you know, the national education association praising the president and the budget deals for preserving pell grants and preserving head start, but some associated with teachers and some associated with education are concerned overall about what they say is this feeling as though education is going to get cut, it's going to be on the chong block. >> right. well, we know from this budget deal they cut $2 billion from