"There has been no reduction of education spending on a per-capita basis (or any other form of measurement)." You have the per student basis? And how much of

"There has been no reduction of education spending on a per-capita basis (or any other form of measurement)." You have the per student basis? And how much of this so-called "education spending" goes to things which have nothing to do with the students (such as research only loosely affiliated with a university - e.g. through its medical school)?