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> Now granted our schools are, frankly, criminally underfunded. They’re not, they’re one of the best funded schools in the world.
by xyzzyz 5y ago
> Now granted our schools are, frankly, criminally underfunded.
They’re not, they’re one of the best funded schools in the world.
- sleepybrett 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_spending_on_education_(%25_of_GDP) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_spending_... the US is 66th by % of gdp
- xyzzyz 5y agoYes, we're not at the top of spending on education as a percentage of GDP. Similarly, we're spending less on food as a % of GDP than Mexico, and much, much less than Somalia. Does it mean that US is not spending enough on food? That we're underfed compared to Mexico or Somalia? No, it just means that using percentage of GDP as a measure of something being over/underfunded is ridiculously wrong.