DOGE's death blow to education studies.
DOGE's death blow to education studies.
Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data
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Annual cost of K12 from federal state and local is $17,700 per student currently. From pure cost perspective, America does not need public schools, just send kids to Mexico or even China cost much less, and business will get more obedient labor with better math.
Let's see, who is leading this charge that we are spending too much money.
"Trump said the U.S. is "last in education out of 40 states" and "No. 1 in cost per pupil."
Both claims are wrong. The U.S. does not lead any international rankings for education, but it is not at the bottom of the list, either. Cost per pupil is higher than most developed countries, but not the highest."
And why is the US cost higher but not as high as Norway, for example.
"The U.S. has long provided more services to students — such as meals, transportation, extracurriculars such as sports, and special education — than do other countries,"
And what happens when we spend more money?
"Although there are some exceptions, high-income school districts tend to spend more money on education per pupil and have better outcomes, while low-income districts tend to spend less and have worse outcomes."
Kind of paints a different picture than the one you are attempting.
I thought “education is for obedient labor” is obvious enough that I am being sarcastic. 😅
Oh yes, I totally got that. Your comment about cost and going to another country because education is cheaper really made me think. I had to look it up because I was not sure, and I am still not. I think I did learn some though.
For instance, Norway spends the most but their outcomes are even better than ours. I think there is something to be said about overspending if you are not getting what you should for your money.
I also was thinking about parallels like US healthcare where we spend the most by a lot but don't get anywhere near the best outcomes. It appears US education is not quite the same though.
It's easy to fall into the mindset of assuming all replies are rebuttals by default, but that isn't always the case. Sometimes they're concurrences, and sometimes they're just using what you wrote as a jumping-off point to a different tangent.