According to conservative radio pundit Rush Limbaugh, investing in education just leads to indoctrination. Media that Matters got the audio:

We disagree. No paranoid rhetoric about indocrination can hide the facts (via the Wonk Room):

Conservative projections on the real fiscal rate of return on public educational investments are high:10% for high quality preschool programs, 15% for innovative K-12 reforms like First Things First, and 10.3% for investments to encourage college access and graduation.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Other research has shown that increasing education levels means less incarceration, higher wages, less unemployment, and even longer life spans. Hopefully, lawmakers and the public will remember the following words of wisdom from Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard University:

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”