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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by missedthecue on Sunday September 13, 2020 @02:40AM (#24458897)
Is there any correlation at all between increased school funding and better educational outcomes? For instance, Utah spends $5k per student per year while Baltimore spends $25k per student per year. Utahan children have higher graduation rates, better GPAs, and better standardized test scores. It's the same across the US from NYC to LA.

I'm growing more and more skeptical that throwing more and more money into the furnace that is the US education system is suddenly going to produce better outcomes. How much more must Baltimore spend? $30k a student? $50k a student? $100k a student? Where's the magic number?

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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by akiselev on Sunday September 13, 2020 @03:53AM (#24459226)
According to [1] Utah spends $10,510 per student per year and according to [2] Baltimore spends $16,184. Where did you get your figures?

[1] https://auditor.utah.gov/audit_reports/public-education/

[2] https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2019/school-s...

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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by missedthecue on Sunday September 13, 2020 @12:50PM (#24462123)
I got it from the Annual Survey of School System Finances, U.S. Census Bureau, though on checking it again it's between $6,000 and $7,000 (I was recalling from memory). So not what I put in my comment exactly, but doesn't change my main point in any way.
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Re:Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on inn... by radicalbyte on Sunday September 13, 2020 @03:18AM (#24459053)
It could be four things:

  - Comparing two statistical flukes.
  - Socio-economic factor: Utah has better wealth distribution.
  - Socio-economic factor: Utah has affordable housing and Baltimore so the effective wealth gap is lower.
  - Baltimore has other issues.
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