Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

wooferstee t1_j9h7txi wrote

Reply to comment by susinpgh in Pennsylvania Cyber Charter Owners and Operators Get Rich While Students Receive Poor Education by Open_Veins_8

Your article shows we are 7 th out of 38 countries 16900 per student that’s quite a large sum and they still can’t read or do simple math

2

susinpgh t1_j9hf69v wrote

Peer countries is a more important consideration. Also, the education budget isn't keeping up with GDP. It also doesn't meet UNESCO’s benchmark of a 15.00% share of total public expenditure on education.

These are some of the reasons that our education system isn't working at the level that it should.

2

drxdrg08 t1_j9hxsj0 wrote

> and they still can’t read or do simple math

Who's they? You need to be more specific.

US is very unlike most countries. The population is not homogeneous.

We have an obesity problem. But if you look at people of German ancestry in the US, their rates of obesity are similar to Germans living in Germany.

Education is no different. Some groups have problems. Some do not. Even when they go to the same school.

−2