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> 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 say
by 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