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Re:Is the US education system in a state of collapse, and wh... by musicale on Sunday April 16, 2023 @11:10AM (#35590646)
> High education spending doesn't equate to good teacher pay. The pay for administrative staff has gone through the roof.

Non-teaching expenditures have accounted for about 40% of the budget since 1980. However they were lower in 1970 (32%), so there seems to have been some expansion in the 1970s.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d21/tables/dt21_236.10.a...

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Re:Is the US education system in a state of collapse, and wh... by sethammons on Sunday April 16, 2023 @11:57AM (#35591166)
When I taught in the San Bernardino City Unified School District there were more administrator staff than teachers.

Ah, still the case: https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?I...

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