[extropy-chat] real cheap education
Damien Broderick
thespike at satx.rr.com
Wed Jan 12 03:11:06 UTC 2005
At 04:24 PM 1/11/2005 -0800, Acy wrote:
>According to my information, the government spends more than twice as much
>per student annually as the best private schools. Reducing that tax burden
>would foster a flourishing private school industry.
Let's see: http://www.cobras.org/usastats.htm
EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $757 per resident
- PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES: $4,509 per pupil
So the *best* private schools manage to charge less than half that? Wow.
Damien Broderick
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