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Source on the 68bn number? That sounds comically low. A quick googling says there's 50.7 million public school kids in the country, you're saying we only spend

Source on the 68bn number? That sounds comically low. A quick googling says there's 50.7 million public school kids in the country, you're saying we only spend ~$1,300 per kid? Yeah, that's clearly wrong, you're either making that number up or are quoting the wrong number. And that's not even taking into account any university or adult education spending.

TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
Source on the $68 billion number is probably Wikipedia: The Department of Education is administered by the United States Secretary of Education. It has under 4,000 employees (2018)[1] and an annual budget of $68 billion (2016).¹ More info at the Education Departments website.² I don't think that's the right number though? That's just what the Education Department spends each year administering education? The FY 2019 Education Budget Fact Sheet² goes on to say: "The Budget supports $129.8 billion in new postsecondary grants, loans, and work-study assistance to help an estimated 11.5 million students and their families pay for college So there's clearly more funds being directed to education than just the $68B. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ed... 2. https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget19/index.html https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget19/index.htm...
- darkerside 8y ago
  Most public schools are primarily supported by local taxes, supplemented by state and federal.
  - darkerside 8y ago
    I stand corrected. It's overall a fairly even split between federal and state. Higher income localities will have a larger ratio come from local property taxes, generally. Poorer neighborhoods rely more on share funding.
- TulliusCicero 8y ago
  Right, that's just the feds, it doesn't include state and local spending (which I believe represent the majority of school funds).

TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago

Source on the $68 billion number is probably Wikipedia: The Department of Education is administered by the United States Secretary of Education. It has under 4,000 employees (2018)[1] and an annual budget of $68 billion (2016).¹ More info at the Education Departments website.² I don't think that's the right number though? That's just what the Education Department spends each year administering education? The FY 2019 Education Budget Fact Sheet² goes on to say: "The Budget supports $129.8 billion in new postsecondary grants, loans, and work-study assistance to help an estimated 11.5 million students and their families pay for college So there's clearly more funds being directed to education than just the $68B. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ed... 2. https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget19/index.html https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget19/index.htm...

darkerside 8y ago
Most public schools are primarily supported by local taxes, supplemented by state and federal.
- darkerside 8y ago
  I stand corrected. It's overall a fairly even split between federal and state. Higher income localities will have a larger ratio come from local property taxes, generally. Poorer neighborhoods rely more on share funding.
TulliusCicero 8y ago
Right, that's just the feds, it doesn't include state and local spending (which I believe represent the majority of school funds).