And new school spending figures
July 27, 2009 by Rick Karlin (hat tip to Education Watch International)
New York led the nation in K-12 education spending per pupil in 2006-07, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Empire State’s school spending of $15,981 per pupil was 65 percent above the national average of $9,666. New York’s total school spending of nearly $51 billion was exceeded only by California, which has more than twice as many students.
Here are some “takeaways” from the Empire Center’s report:
government, education, funding, spending, bureaucracy