So Rob Portman voted to confirm Betsy DeVos

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(02-08-2017, 06:52 AM)Benton Wrote: 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.

Funny that you mentioned Louisville, because they bus their students all across the city, so they can ride a bus for an hour+ to get to school nowhere near their home.