The Cost of an Education

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"I have $70 per student per year to spend. In the U.S. you spend $20,000, in Pakistan $130. You don't expect to do much for $70 a year."

FAROUK WARDAK, Afghanistan's education minister, defending advances in schooling despite limited resources.

Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2013/07/21/todaysheadlines/index.html