In this edition of Brookings Data Now: the president’s huge budget document, and how to read it; American schools behind in offering computer programming; spending on college financial aid; the (relatively) low cost of providing basic education to all children in 46 countries; Russia’s share of European natural gas is rising.
Number of pages in President Obama’s 2013 federal budgetLearn more about how to read President Obama’s new budget, due out next week. |
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Less than 10 percent of U.S. schools offer computer programming classesJapanese students must take a 35-hour course in computer science and programming to graduate from high school. |
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| $173 billion |
What was spent on college student financial aid for academic year 2011-12Find out what one scholar writes about more efficient ways to spend this money. |
| $26 billion |
Cost of providing basic education to all children in 46 low- and middle-income countriesThis is about 4 percent of the U.S. defense budget, or about half the amount spent on the Sochi Olympics. |
| 30% |
Russia’s share of European natural gas suppliesThis is a historical high. |
Mingwei Ma contributed to this post.
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