Government School Systems are a Jobs program, not real schools

Maybe, but couldn't one say that hiring more teachers to reduce class size may contribute to the larger increase in administration??

And isn't that a good thing? Smaller class sizes? Nothing's perfect.. a teacher could teach a class of 60 and be great. A teacher can teach a class of 10 and suck.

It is what it is..

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1970: $7,576
1980: $9,615
1990: $13,092
2000: $15,204
2010: $18,024
2021: $19,999

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And performance just gets worse and worse each year..

Indeed.

Its a day care for kids, a job creator for adults.

We do not get our money's worth from public education in any way.

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And performance just gets worse and worse each year.

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Anyone really interested should look up the cost expenditure per student in China and the results they achieve there, for direct comparison.

I'm not one to praise Chini, but there are certainly things that they do right.

Meanwhile, the US spends more per child than anyone, and our results are middle-of-the-pack among everyone, and declining more and more with every passing year. Most 16 year old Asian students are proficient in advanced trigonometry. Most 12th graders in the US struggle with basic algebra.

We're certainly very good at educating our youth on how to effectively spray entire city blocks with bullets while only hitting innocent bystanders, though!

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Asian students

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Outside of the US, they are typically not having to contend with one demographic that drags pretty much all others down...

Virtually all government programs are "jobs" programs. The military certainly is. Local and state jobs, from the guys mowing the roadside to the lady collecting the water bill, are jobs programs.

City governments are probably more bloated than the federal government, relative to their size.

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City governments are probably more bloated than the federal government,

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Eh, some of the bigger ones maybe but they all have to balance their budgets with the money they take in... The federal government does not...

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Maybe, but couldn't one say that hiring more teachers to reduce class size may contribute to the larger increase in administration??

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Look at the first chart again. They're not hiring more teachers. The green line for teachers is the same as the blue line for students. That means the ratio is the same. The explosion of hires is in administrative staff in the school office and the central office.

More teachers equals smaller classes, and it still isn’t enough because many American students flat out suck and have zero respect. Until that changes, it really doesn’t matter what programs are passed including vouchers

In fairness, the increase in education administrative requirements increases administrative bloat.

I don’t think the bloat is defensible. But it’s one of the drivers of the bloat.