Comment by wing-_-nuts
4 days ago
Well, if you actually look at the data:
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-exp...
We spend far more than most countries per pupil, for much poorer results
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/pisa-scor...
It's pretty clear that while spending is a factor, it's probably not the biggest one. The countries that seem to do best are those that combine adequate funding with real rigor in instruction.
I posted elsewhere you can't just compare across the globe like that. You have to think about cost of living and especially opportunity cost. In the US, teacher pay lags behind similarly educated professionals, which means they get stretched thin and the best with options will leave.
Ok, so then look at teacher salary by country:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/teacher-s...
We're higher paying than a number of countries with higher cost of living that (whether fairly or unfairly) pay lower than us.
I stand by my assertion. I don't think our per pupil spending is the major bottleneck in our performance. I think our educational system needs fundamental reform (just like everything else in this country)
You need a different analysis. Maybe more like this
https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/te...
Or this:
> While U.S. teachers make 58% of their counterparts’ salaries, Finnish teachers make 92% of the salaries of similarly educated professions. This trend follows with other countries ranked highly in the World Happiness Report. Teachers in Denmark (ranked #2 in World Happiness) make 81% of their counterparts’ salaries and teachers in Sweden (ranked #4) make 74% of their counterparts’ salaries.
https://www.ednc.org/perspective-how-the-worlds-happiest-cou...
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