Guzzi;
Money spent has no relationship to education received. Here's a list of public education costs..state-by-state, please read carefully.
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Scale: $7,217 - $18,068
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United States | $11,665 | |
Alabama | $10,320 | |
Alaska | $16,174 | |
Arizona | $8,655 | |
Arkansas | $10,757 | |
California | $8,667 | |
Colorado | $9,155 | |
Connecticut | $13,959 | |
Delaware | $11,905 | |
Florida | $9,576 | |
Georgia | $9,827 | |
Hawaii | $13,090 | |
Idaho | $8,840 | |
Illinois | $11,229 | |
Indiana | $10,419 | |
Iowa | $12,007 | |
Kansas | $12,056 | |
Kentucky | $10,231 | |
Louisiana | $12,253 | |
Maine | $14,591 | |
Maryland | $12,703 | |
Massachusetts | $13,361 | |
Michigan | $10,624 | |
Minnesota | $11,472 | |
Mississippi | $9,708 | |
Missouri | $10,935 | |
Montana | $13,773 | |
Nebraska | $12,823 | |
Nevada | $8,363 | |
New Hampshire | $13,519 | |
New Jersey | $15,116 | |
New Mexico | $11,001 | |
New York | $15,863 | |
North Carolina | $9,024 | |
North Dakota | $12,225 | |
Ohio | $11,382 | |
Oklahoma | $9,369 | |
Oregon | $10,517 | |
Pennsylvania | $12,906 | |
Rhode Island | $14,567 | |
South Carolina | $10,237 | |
South Dakota | $11,232 | |
Tennessee | $8,695 | |
Texas | $8,654 | |
Utah | $7,217 | |
Vermont | $17,847 | |
Virginia | $10,095 | |
Washington | $9,329 | |
West Virginia | $12,780 | |
Wisconsin | $11,783 | |
Wyoming | $18,068 | |
District of Columbia | $16,034 | |
Puerto Rico | N.A. | |
Virgin Islands | N.A. | |
Definitions: Per-pupil educational expenditures adjusted for regional cost differences using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Geographic Cost of Education Index. Beginning with 2006 data, the NCES Comparable Wage Index is used. Also, beginning with 2005 data, the U.S. average is calculated using an average of the states’ averages. For years prior, the U.S. average is calculated using a grand mean; which is the mean of the means of several state subsamples.
More... Data Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education accessed through
http://www.edcounts.org/createtable/step1.php.
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Notice;
South Dakota for instance, has a better education record than many states. South Dakota spends $ 11,202 per pupil. Virginia has a credible record compared to some and spends $ 10,095 per pupil..
Right in Virginia's shadow, Washington, DC spends $ 16,034 per pupil..do the DC students get a $5,939 better education than do Virginia students?
Washington state spends $ 9,329 per pupil, while New York state spends $ 15,863 per student.. Does each student in K-12 New York get a school year worth $ 6,384 more than students in the state of Washington do?
Let's be honest with ourselves...
the amount of money spent has no practical relationship to the education received.. Responsibility resides much more with the parents, teachers, administrators, unions and the students themselves...and those things don't require money to repair. What is required is a movement back to the values which made our country great.. a social, political and spiritual revival if you will.. Money doesn't buy that!!
Tragically, it appears most of our public schools are moving AWAY from these values, rather than TOWARD them.