I spent some time digging into the London story. Here's some facts: Spending levels are much higher than parent reported. [1] for one school chosen at random

I spent some time digging into the London story. Here's some facts: Spending levels are much higher than parent reported. [1] for one school chosen at random shows that their budget was almost 8000 GBP/pupil - over 30% higher than cited. Furthermore, 82% was staffing. A mere 3% is allocated to facilities. In my local school district[2], salaries for all staff add up to a little less than 60% of the budget. Facilities (21.6%) and debt service (7.6%) are a far greater fraction of our costs. In short, the "education is cheaper in London" story is a lie. Many of their costs are payed for by a different color of money entirely, and simply doesn't show up on the education budget. [1] https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=134693# https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school... [2] https://www.adams12.org/financial-services/documents/fiscal-year-2019-2020-adopted-budget https://www.adams12.org/financial-services/documents/fiscal-...