When you get what you pay for
It is often said, in certain circles, that “money doesn’t matter in education.” But, as that well-known social commentator, Deep Throat, observed, to understand what’s going on, we need to “follow the money.”
This chart shows the dramatic per pupil spending differences between some of our nation’s largest school districts, a sample of wealthy public school districts and three of our most prestigious private schools.
The three schools on the far right are well-regarded private schools, the American equivalents of Eton and