Education is probably one of the most important things in a society. I'd rather our money go towards education than many of the other things we put money into.
I guess it's more important to put money into things like:
Maintaining unused Federal Property (There's $25B there)
Resanding Beaches ($3B there)
Paintings of Government Officials
Jets for the Pentagon that they say they don't need and will never use
Helping to build private golf courses
Paying Farmers NOT to farm their land
And what about all the improper spending on government credit cards?
There's a lot of other areas where spending could be cut, and it'd make nobody unhappy. Except maybe a couple of big businesses and some members of congress.