Commonwealth Foundation has posted this graph of Facebook showing that Pennsylvania spends $2,900 more per student than the national average, and that two thirds of the state’s residents are blithely unaware of it.
Thank you old media. That was sarcasm.
OpenPaGov.org estimates that Pennsylvania in 2012-13 spent $15,341 per pupil.
Pennsylvania Education Spending Per Student
Hat tip Donna Ellingsen.
School choice is what we need! Pennsylvania puplic schools are in the pits.
Vouchers ! Parents of school aged children should be alloted a fixed amount of money allowing them to send their kids to good schools.
I took money out of the sugar jar and scratched coins out of the sofa to send my kids to parochial schools. I’m glad I did.