Re:Data intelligence complex is the real story
by suredo on Saturday June 08, 2013 @12:26PM
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while the education budget is less then 70 billions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ed...
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Re:Data intelligence complex is the real story
by newnewnew on Saturday June 08, 2013 @12:28PM
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That's just at the federal level. Total is about $800 billion[1].
The US is regularly on top of the OECD for spending per student in school. The idea that it doesn't spend much on education is one of those bad memes that never goes away.
[1] http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_education_spending_20...