So Rob Portman voted to confirm Betsy DeVos

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(02-07-2017, 11:31 PM)mallorian69 Wrote: Money isn't the problem. According to a recent study the US spends more per child than any other country and both new and experienced teachers make more than their counterparts in almost every other country. 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-education-spending-tops-global-list-study-shows/

every school official I've talked to brings it back to the same problem, money. From building better facilities to hiring more qualified people to having decent equipment.

the article says the u.s. Outspends a lot of other countries but it doesn't get into how they reach that breakdown. Are they lumping private schools in? It does say teachers are the biggest expense, but doesn't get into if the increase in salaries is reflective of cost of living, or if those numbers include higher staff to handle transportation, food etc. Costs per students in the us is going to be higher where kids have to be transported for hours on busses, which is different in countries that are basically the size Louisville.