{"id":662,"date":"2006-01-20T18:05:05","date_gmt":"2006-01-21T00:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nachzen.net:8080\/?p=662"},"modified":"2006-04-25T09:28:54","modified_gmt":"2006-04-25T15:28:54","slug":"lower-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Lower Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

The average amount spent on each public school student differs by state, from the District of Columbia at $12,046 to Utah at $4,674 per student. (Utah comes in 33rd as ranked by success.)<\/p>\n

The average yearly private school tuition in this country is $4,689. Yet scholars from private schools consistently outperform those who attend public schools.<\/p>\n

Quote from an interesting article<\/a> about education in America: <\/p>\n

While many people say, “We need to spend more money on our schools,” there actually isn’t a link between spending and student achievement…National graduation rates and achievement scores are flat, while spending on education has increased more than 100 percent since 1971. More money hasn’t helped American kids.<\/p>\n

Bibliography:<\/p>\n

“Frequently Asked Questions about Education in America,” http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/Research\/Education\/wm478.cfm
\n“Results of the 2005 Smartest State Award,” http:\/\/www.morganquitno.com\/edrank.htm
\n“Public vs. Private Education,” http:\/\/www.mathguide.com\/issues\/edpubvpri.html<\/p>\n

Actual Fact: 95% of today’s 500,000 racehorses descend from a single stallion — the Darley Arabian, born in 1700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The average amount spent on each public school student differs by state, from the District of Columbia at $12,046 to Utah at $4,674 per student. (Utah comes in 33rd as ranked by success.) The average yearly private school tuition in this country is $4,689. Yet scholars from private schools consistently outperform those who attend public…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonclassified-nonsense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}