Obama to promote more education spending in State of the Union speech

The Washington Post reports:

The proposal to raise federal education spending by as much as $4 billion in the next fiscal year was described by administration officials Tuesday night as the start of an effort to revamp the No Child Left Behind law enacted under President George W. Bush. Obama will highlight his school reform agenda Wednesday in the address.

A 6.2% increase after George Bush's giant increases in education spending.