text: I've never said that an audit wouldn't be beneficial. The finances of the school system are not controlled by the teachers, and in all honesty I don't think you will find the wide spread waste everyone thinks there is. A few questions that should be asked, how much is the standardized testings costing us? Pearson the same company that creates many of the standardized tests in this country, also market the computer based "solutions" to fix the problem, except it doesn't work. How much is spent on athletics, extra curricular activities and what is the cost benefit of them? As for the health-care costs, I don't know how providing a good health care plan for employees is a waste. I guess when the current thought is health care is too expensive so we shouldn't provide it for public employees? If you want to really look at some of the issues with education speak with classroom teachers who have done it for years, like it or not the NEA is often that voice in the public arena