> Education is insanely overfunded, but it still fails to provide its basic function. I assume you're speaking of the US, apologies if that's not the case. Whi

> Education is insanely overfunded, but it still fails to provide its basic function. I assume you're speaking of the US, apologies if that's not the case. While there's waste in the system I'd argue that we do not over spend on most students. Let's start with the statistic that the average spend per student in the US is $15,000. This number is misleading, a more useful number is the median spend per student, which is closer to $11k[0]. It is not uncommon to see per student spend around $9k[1] (p32). The US is more unequal in its spending than most first world countries. Perhaps more important, spending by many other nations is under counted relative to the US. Learning is highly dependent on overall health and feelings of safety. Food and housing programs, mental health services, etc. contribute substantially to educational outcomes. Finland, for example, invests heavily in early childhood mental health[2]. Budget-wise, this is mostly accounted for in their health spending whereas in the US, such services are generally accounted for under special education (~17% of school spending). [0] https://aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=9248 https://aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=9248 [1] https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2020/2020303.pd https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2020/2020303.pd [2] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207411.2020.1848235 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207411.2020.1...