Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped

Re:Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped by gitbit-org on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:34PM (#46918445)

Where is the money going? Isn't the average teacher pay down?

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Re:Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped by rngfnby on Friday February 06, 2026 @05:00PM (#46918717)

Administration.

Large institutions in the USA are grossly mismanaged and/or corrupt. Normalize the amount of public money pupils cost and it easily dwarfs most elite private schools. Multiply by class size and an elementary school class can cost $500k+. The teacher is not making $100k.

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Re:Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped by readme on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:47PM (#46918581)

exactly

had that extra spending gone to pay math teachers the results might be different

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Re:Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped by JKCalhoun on Friday February 06, 2026 @10:44PM (#46921122)

Publishers?

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