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Sadly, many people who make those blanket statements (such as myself) also believe governments, especially big-centralized ones cannot be fixed. These kind of d
by afsina 10y ago
Sadly, many people who make those blanket statements (such as myself) also believe governments, especially big-centralized ones cannot be fixed. These kind of data is good, it may be an eye opener for some. But governments will find loop holes to make those spendings look like justified. Most people will be fine with it anyway. Look at the authors response: "Oh there are 10 million public school teachers, those are nice people!"
- thomastjeffery 10y agoAt the same time, more specific data is always better. Soon he'll realize the slim margins that go to actual teachers, and see that most of it goes to boards, etc.
- rayiner 10y agoNope. 80% of per school expenditures goes to salary and benefits, with the overwhelming majority for instruction rather than administration: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmb.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmb.asp.
- thomastjeffery 10y agoI stand corrected.