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while the education budget is less then 70 billions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St
by suredo 13y ago
while the education budget is less then 70 billions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ed...
- newnewnew 13y agoThat'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.html http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_education_spending_20...