Education: Too Important for a Government Monopoly

The problem begins with the statement that "we spend a stunning $11,000 a year per student -- more than $200,000 per classroom". The federal money is given to the state. The state uses more than half the money at the state level, then distributes the rest to the counties. The county board of education uses more than half of that money as they see ... See Morefit, and dictates how each school must use half of the money they receive. The reality is that most of the money never makes it to the classroom because people who never see a child control the way the money is spent, as opposed to allowing schools to use the money to address the individual needs of their school population. For example, in a middle school of 1100 students (8 science...