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I mean, no we aren’t spending enough on it haha. Isn’t that apparent? https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statistics https://educationdata.org
by JohnJamesRambo 4y ago
I mean, no we aren’t spending enough on it haha. Isn’t that apparent?
https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statistics https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statisti...
You can see in the inflation-adjusted graph it has been flat except for after Covid.
If you aren’t getting the result you want, you will have to increase inflation-adjusted spending to see a change.
> In the United States, education spending falls short of benchmarks set by international organizations such as UNESCO, of which the U.S. is a member. The nation puts 11.6% of public funding toward education, well below the international standard 15.00%.
- barry-cotter 4y agoUS reading, Math and Science scores have been flat since 1970 while inflation adjusted spending per student is up more than 200%. Spending night be misallocated but a bigger budget won’t do anything by itself. There are no big, obvious wins out there. https://www.cato.org/blog/addressing-critics-purportedly-no-good-very-bad-chart https://www.cato.org/blog/addressing-critics-purportedly-no-...
- JohnJamesRambo 4y agoOh if we are talking since the 1970's like most issues, I've got a site for you. That's when the money printing backed by nothing started. https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ >In August 1971, Nixon severed the direct convertibility of U.S. dollars into gold.