There’s a Reason Why People Are Tired of Paying So Much More For Schools
From Terence Jeffrey’s November 29 column at Townhall.com (HT NTU’s Government Bytes blog; bold is mine), they ARE paying a lot more, and getting almost no improvement for it:
According to its National Center for Education Statistics, Americans in recent decades paid for a massive increase in spending on government schools. Between the 1970 and 2002 school years, average per-pupil spending in public elementary and secondary schools rose 111 percent, from $4,170 (in constant 2001-2002 dollars) to $8,802.
From just 1990 to 2003, average per-pupil spending increased 25 percent, from $7,692 (in constant 2003-2004 dollars) to 9,644.
This big run-up in spending did not cause a big run-up in student performance.
….. Increasing per pupil spending by another 111 percent — whether it is done by compassionate conservatives in Washington, D.C., or plain old liberals in your home state — will not fix public schools.
Please tell this to 50 state governors, 50 state legislators, and everyone in Congress.
