According to Ting, "Lien Chan has been at odds with the education community for a long time." Reformers are most disappointed that the education budget has been seriously squeezed these past few years, falling by as much as NT $ 40 billion in a single year.
「連戰跟教育界結的仇深了」，丁志仁不得不這麼說，令教改界最失望的是，這幾年台灣教育經費受到嚴重排擠，一年減少四百億台幣。