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In nearly all districts funding is allocated on a per student formula equally to schools.
> Budgets were ballooning but not being spent on hiring more teachers to teach. Class sizes are huge.
K-12 pupil teacher ratios have shrunk dramatically: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_064.asp
In the 1970s, there were over 20 students per teacher in public schools. Today it’s under 15.
> Bottom half of households wage is stagnant over past 50 years.
Not true but I don’t want to get side-tracked on a separate issue, since we are talking about supposed “cuts” in public services. What got cut?
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In nearly all districts funding is allocated on a per student formula equally to schools.
> Budgets were ballooning but not being spent on hiring more teachers to teach. Class sizes are huge.
K-12 pupil teacher ratios have shrunk dramatically: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_064.asp
In the 1970s, there were over 20 students per teacher in public schools. Today it’s under 15.
> Bottom half of households wage is stagnant over past 50 years.
Not true but I don’t want to get side-tracked on a separate issue, since we are talking about supposed “cuts” in public services. What got cut?