[extropy-chat] real cheap education

[Damien Broderick]

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