Higher pay for teachers bring better teachers and schools and citizens, dingbat dupe....
The Strange thing about Progressives. We spend more on health care than other nations, have superior care and that is a bad thing.
We spend more on education than other nations, get terrible results and Progressives say we need to spend MORE.
The major difference? ONCE IS PRIVATE WITH A PROFIT MOTIVE, HEALTH CARE, AND THE OTHER IS GOVERNMENT, WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY. Go figure!
AP June 25, 2013, 11:55 AM
U.S. education spending tops global list, study shows
WASHINGTON The United States spends more than other developed nations on its students' education each year, with parents and private foundations picking up more of the costs, an international survey released Tuesday found.
Despite the spending, U.S. students still trail their rivals on international tests.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — which groups the world's most developed countries — writes in its annual report that brand-new and experienced teachers alike in the United States out-earn most of their counterparts around the globe. But U.S. salaries have not risen at the same pace as other nations.
The findings, part of a 440-page tome of statistics, put the United States' spending on its young people in context.
The United States spent more than $11,000 per elementary student in 2010 and more than $12,000 per high school student. When researchers factored in the cost for programs after high school education such as college or vocational training, the United States spent $15,171 on each young person in the system — more than any other nation covered in the report.
U.S. education spending tops global list, study shows