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by highcountess 670 days ago
Not only is paying taxes not even correlated with education spending, spending per student is extremely high all across the USA and results are extremely poor, especially on a spending basis.
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>Not only is paying taxes not even correlated with education spending, spending per student is extremely high all across the USA

Correct. Contrary to what is often said, there is no shortage whatsoever of funding for public schools in urban areas. New York City spends more per student than anywhere else in the US. <https://www.silive.com/news/2019/06/how-much-does-new-york-c...> Baltimore, an incredibly poor and run-down city, spends the third most. #4-6 and #8 are all wealthy suburbs of Washington DC, but their schools are all far better than those of Baltimore or NYC on average, despite Baltimore spending slightly more per student and NYC spending 60-70% more.

>and results are extremely poor, especially on a spending basis.

Perhaps the latter is true, but the former is not. <https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1732478253225443777>

Basically, every US ethnic group does better than their countries of origin.

While spending is high, results are among the best in the world.
Certainly not across the board, and especially not in poorer areas that cannot/will not fund their schools. That is an incredibly general statement that simply is factually incorrect.
My statement is absolutely true once you control for demographics.
Can you provide sources for this then?
Since searealist has not, I will. <https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1732087511327908128>

Basically, every US ethnic group does better than their countries of origin.

Thank you for the source, this is rather interesting. However I believe there’s some level of miscommunication. My original comment was in reference to the inequality within the distribution of funds due to inequality of tax revenue across the country, and how that affects the learning opportunities of less-privileged kids who, I would argue, are in more of a need for better education to escape their lower income bracket.