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School Finance 101
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School Finance 101
Money and the Market for High Quality Schools
If money doesn’t matter then why do private independent schools (market driven schools?) spend, on average, so much more per child than nearby public schools?
If money doesn’t matter then why do venture philanthropists continue to throw money at charter schools while throwing stones at traditional public schools?
If money doesn’t matter then why do affluent – and/or low poverty – suburban school districts continue in many parts of the country to dramatically outspend their poorer urban neighbors?
Really good education is expensive – and far more expensive than “reformers” are willing to admit or understand.

UK Spending per Pupil
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education/
The table below shows England's local education authorities ranked according to how much of their local schools budgets they are delegating to schools, from the most down to the least.