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The sad part is that it isn't like there isn't a budget to pay teachers more. We spend more per kid than we ever have, but now any budget increases get absorbed
by malandrew 6y ago
The sad part is that it isn't like there isn't a budget to pay teachers more. We spend more per kid than we ever have, but now any budget increases get absorbed by growth in the administration. Administration in education and healthcare is a cancer.
- jyounker 6y ago> We spend more per kid than we ever have. While true in absolute dollars, it doesn't really seem to be true in inflation adjusted dollars. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZbUD16t4aaM6rCOmFogjxkVhRpJzBMLS/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZbUD16t4aaM6rCOmFogjxkVhRpJ...
- malandrew 6y agoTime scale on that is too short. There is one on this page that goes back to 1970 in 2016 inflation adjusted dollars: https://edsource.org/2015/states-in-motion-school-finance-naep-child-poverty/83303 https://edsource.org/2015/states-in-motion-school-finance-na... Even if it stayed constant per your graph, teachers are competing with growth in administrators for education dollars.