Keep in mind that a big chunk of what passes for educational expenses in the US has little to do with classroom instruction - it is subsidies for developers, software and textbook peddlers, transportation etc.
Case in point: instruction accounted for only 51.7% (i.e. about half) educational expenses of public elementary and secondary schools in 2006, down 10% from 1920. “Other school services” (e.g. transportation aka busing) accounts for 18.3% and construction + debt servicing - 13.8%. Administration accounted for 6.5%, almost double of what it was in 1920.
So next time some asshole from a conservative think tank suggests cutting educational expenses, we should concur and say, “let’s start with debt servicing, the construction, then busing useless software & other equipment. That should save taxpayers over 30% of what they are told is “educational” expenses.
(Source: azspot)
