gerald - you might be right, but Compared with the 34 industrialized nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which administered the test, American teens were below average in math and about average in reading and science. U.S. scores on PISA have stagnated over the past decade in all three areas. Russia, which had been behind the United States, has caught up, while Vietnam, Germany and Poland are among nations that have made significant progress.

If people want books I say go to Amazon.com and buy them. $15,000,000.00 in renovations to building that's not too old is crazy. How many books could $15,000,000.00 purchase? We need to rethink the spending  versus gains.