Yes, there is spending and then there is spending effectively. Something like half the money allocated for each student is siphoned at various points starting a

Yes, there is spending and then there is spending effectively. Something like half the money allocated for each student is siphoned at various points starting at the federal, state, county, district, and school. When teachers have to spend their own money to get basic schools supplies (like paper for the printer) and the school board is bragging how much they spend on each student* you know something is really wrong about where that money is going. *My school board was require to print an annual report with the school performance and the average spent on each student. It was something like $6000/year; as a student I don't think they spent a tenth of that on me.