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> the schools aren't funded well enough to ensure a quality education anyway The US spends more per pupil than every other OECD country except for Luxembourg,
by seneca 1y ago
> the schools aren't funded well enough to ensure a quality education anyway
The US spends more per pupil than every other OECD country except for Luxembourg, and exceeds the average by over 50%. If US schools aren't funded well enough, essentially no one is.
- steve_adams_86 1y agoBizarre; why are their outcomes relatively poor?
- monkpit 1y agoEducational spending in the US is individual to the state, and even more locally within school districts within states, so it makes no sense to look at it from a national average
- ethbr1 1y ago> The US spends more per pupil than every other OECD country except for Luxembourg, and exceeds the average by over 50%. Not accurate in the context you're saying it. You're probably conflating US K-12 spending (low) with post-secondary spending (high)? https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-expenditures-by-country https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-exp... https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statistics https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statisti...
- swiftcoder 1y ago> US K-12 spending (low) Your source there still puts US K-12 spending in the top-5 worldwide. The allocation of said spending clearly isn't optimal, but there is plenty of money at a high-level