Educational spending has continued to increase since 2011: >"Expenditures of educational institutions were an esti-mated $1.3 trillion for the 2016–

Educational spending has continued to increase since 2011: >"Expenditures of educational institutions were an esti-mated $1.3 trillion for the 2016–17 school year (table106.20 and figure 2). Elementary and secondary schools spent 57 percent of this total ($759 billion), and degree-granting postsecondary institutions spent the remaining 43percent ($583 billion)." https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018070.pdf https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018070.pdf Total US Military budget was 619.5BB for 2017. https://defense360.csis.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Analysis-of-the-FY-2017-Budget.pdf https://defense360.csis.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Analy... Educational spending was a little more than double military spending.