California spends $7,500 per student and a whopping $47,000 per prisoner -- you do the math:
"California’s first rate educational system used to be the mark to meet for other states, but those days are long gone. While the powers in Sacramento have not positioned us dead last in per pupil spending – the fifth largest economy in the world does rank a paltry 47th…ahead of only Utah, Nevada, Texas and Arizona.
With more than 6.2 million students California has almost 2 million more students than the next most populous state of Texas. Running a school system of this scope and size is a daunting task and is not the only challenge California faces. The state also has the highest percentage of English learners in the nation and is close to the top in the number of students living below the poverty level."
"California’s first rate educational system used to be the mark to meet for other states, but those days are long gone. While the powers in Sacramento have not positioned us dead last in per pupil spending – the fifth largest economy in the world does rank a paltry 47th…ahead of only Utah, Nevada, Texas and Arizona.
With more than 6.2 million students California has almost 2 million more students than the next most populous state of Texas. Running a school system of this scope and size is a daunting task and is not the only challenge California faces. The state also has the highest percentage of English learners in the nation and is close to the top in the number of students living below the poverty level."