Capitalism.
this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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How is that 15k statistic calculated? Sounds questionable. Do you have a source? Does that include social spending like the dedication of parents time and personal expenses such as in South Korea? Is that government spending? Are fundraisers only a USA thing?
Regardless of how exactly the stat is calculated, I am sure it is massively inflated by college football budgets
This gives the figures with sources: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/per-pupil-spending-by-state
Not the only reason, but the cost of living is higher in the U.S. than most other locales on the planet.
That was my first reaction. I didn't find the global average spending number reported by the OP, but according to this page, the 2019 average spending of $15,500 per student (38% higher than OECD average) did consider purchasing power.
Have to teach kids to beg for the bare essentials early in life. That way they'll never know it could be different.
Criminally underfunded, plus capitalism as a value.
Because they're already spending $15/student on basics. Anything extra isn't covered. The problem isn't that they're being over-funded...it's that they're under-funded.
Or perhaps the dollars are being factored into to other workstreams in the system. We may be comparing apples to oranges here.
- Do other countries use student busing? If not, are they considering that impact into their public transportation?
- Do other counties have school meal programs?
- Do other countries factor out athletics into its own separate budget?
- what’s the average age of a public school?
- Is sexual education separated into health budgets?
- Physical Plants just cost more in America than most places, as we contract out both the design and construction and sometimes even the planning/permitting. Are these costs being factored in?
- Are the average class sizes per teacher similar?
- Are special needs costs factored in?
I’d first like to understand the diffs of what comprises that 30% more calculation, from there we can explore why the fundraisers are needed.
That's $15,000 not $15. The answer is schools are corrupt fronts for contractors who milk the district of every dollar. Construction, service, demolition, and reconstruction of buildings is expensive!
I don't know the answer to your question, but I buy whatever the kids are selling. And I make like an idiot that knows nothing about it, whatever it is. (separately, am idiot, but I play it up)
I figure, maybe I can help a little? The money is probably negligible towards whatever the need is, but learning to sling popcorn or cookies, that might stoke some spark of pint-size entrepreneurship in them :j
without digging into the numbers, i can pretty confidently say that schools are more than 30% more expensive than the global median in the US. staffing costs especially.
It is socialism thinly disguised as capitalism.