Schools Saw Largest Hike in Per-Pupil Spending in 11 Years
The year-over-year increase in per-pupil spending in U.S. K-12 schools, by 2019, was at its highest in more than a decade, prior to recent investments from federal sources to meet the challenges of remote learning.
May 18, 2021 •
A graphic from the U.S. Census shows a snapshot of per-pupil spending in 2019. While a recent spate of federal funding announcements added billions in revenue to public schools for modernization, E-rate and other expenses, it only continued an upward trajectory of funding for K-12 schools. The 2019 fiscal year, prior to the pandemic, had marked the largest increase in per-pupil spending in 11 years, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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By Charles Sosnik
2800 years ago in Greece, a priestess named Pythia was famous throughout the ancient world for divining the future, and it is said no major decisions were made without consulting her first. Recently, a similar site was unearthed in Fair Oaks, California near Sacramento, and a new oracle has taken her place. This oracle, known only as Charles, is said to possess the wisdom of the ages, and can see into the future of education. And although his predictions have not been verified, experts throughout the education world as well as news media organizations ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, News Corp, AT&T, Bloomberg, NPR, US News, Learning Counsel and the Hollywood Reporter have all sent reporters, many of whom are said to be at or above the intern level.