I've been saying this for years, including to defenders of public schools here on Free Republic. "Free" public education is wildly expensive. We could cut school budgets by 20%, 30%, 50% or more just by voucherizing local education. In the Washington, DC area, there are plenty of schools that would happily take half that $28K per year to educate children. The local Catholic elementary schools typically charge about one-quarter or less of that amount, and the high schools often get by with 50% - 60% of $28K.
Think about it: Save lots of money; provide a dramatically better education.
The greater problem is, it isn't just that ordinary folks don't realize this. Even folks who should know better don't realize this. A buddy of mine ran for the board of education in his local jurisdiction. He couldn't even wrap his head around the idea that you have to factor in some sort of amortized cost of capital purchases into the per pupil spending number. And this guy is a business owner.
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sitetest! Good hearing from you, my friend.