Regarding Lane Filler's column "Lesson No. 1: Don't bet on the pineapple!" [Opinion, April 25]:
Federal money spent in a year on No Child Left Behind: $28.9 billion.
Federal budget for the Race to the Top: $4.35 billion.
Using an inane story about a pineapple and a hare with equally pointless questions on the New York State eighth-grade English language arts exam: Priceless.
Marleen Fenton, East Meadow
