My city (NYC) alone spends $31.5 BN per year for preK-12 education [1]. NYC's population is 8.15 million, or less than 2.5% the population of the entire country

My city (NYC) alone spends $31.5 BN per year for preK-12 education [1]. NYC's population is 8.15 million, or less than 2.5% the population of the entire country. For $30 BN/year the entire country gets 5th generation gets that are by far the best in the world, and for $31.5 BN a single city gets to fund its public education with results that are (maybe) average for the OECD countries. [1] https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/spotlight-school-budget-allocations/ https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/spotlight-school-budget-...