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We've cut the education budget every year for decade (edited down from decades). We've made people stay when they don't want to. We've poured money into the kid
by LatteLazy 5y ago
We've cut the education budget every year for decade (edited down from decades). We've made people stay when they don't want to. We've poured money into the kids with the worst outcomes at everyone else's expense.
So this is very predictable when you actually think about it.
It's just that we've build a whole society around not paying for things, not investing long term, only paying attention to the loudest dumbest voices and no one thinking more than 1 election ahead.
I think the same seems to be happening in a lot of English-speaking countries (USA, Aus etc)
- sgt101 5y agoactually the education budget (in real terms) peaked in 2011 and has been flat since then.
- LatteLazy 5y agoYeah, new labour actually did well until 2011. Since then it's fallen in cash terms I believe? I should have said "a decade". https://ifs.org.uk/publications/14369 https://ifs.org.uk/publications/14369 This is without accounting for any of the other factors: closure of special needs schools, forcing more kids to stay longer and take all classes, banning expulsions, etc. We also spent a tonne of money on things like Academies and other political pet projects.