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by ethbr1 239 days ago
> The US spends more per pupil than every other OECD country except for Luxembourg, and exceeds the average by over 50%.

Not accurate in the context you're saying it.

You're probably conflating US K-12 spending (low) with post-secondary spending (high)?

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-exp...

https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statisti...

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> US K-12 spending (low)

Your source there still puts US K-12 spending in the top-5 worldwide.

The allocation of said spending clearly isn't optimal, but there is plenty of money at a high-level