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Seems like US spending is slightly higher than European countries. We're not getting our money's worth here. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/edu

• tiahura 4y ago
  That would assume the educational capabilities are relatively equal. The US has large demographic segments that have historically been difficult to educate. I wonder what the comparison would look like if limited to native born with two parent households?
• mattkrause 4y ago
  These cross-national comparisons are tricky. For example, US spending on education includes a bunch of healthcare costs, as the employers are paying something (as a benefit) and employee salaries need to cover the rest. Somewhere with single-payer healthcare will directly allocate the money to healthcare instead.
  • astrange 4y ago
    There’s also the cost for land and building maintenance, which are both unreasonably expensive in cities.