I am a teacher & yes that is where all the $$$ goes. And jobs and school board positions to all the friends & family of the administration. Great gig if you can get it ; )
Pensions and retiree health insurance.
My sister is in her last year of teaching after 45 years. She has seen the explosion of administrators happen and how they demand endless paper pushing BS from all the teachers that adds zero value and doesn’t teach a single kid anything. Most schools could easily lop off 75% of their admin overhead if the damnable government would stop meddling and demanding this garbage.
One of the dumbest things this country ever did was create a Department of Education.