[Dilbert San Diego]

I heard that the public schools of Washington, DC have among the highest per capita spending of any school system in the country. Yet the DC schools unfortunately have among the worst educational achievement of the students.

It seems that, #1, the schools are not really “underfunded” in spite of what some people say, and #2, the money spent is a poor indicator of the actual student achievement.

[Vigilanteman]

Whenever I hear that old saw about education being underfunded, I ask them how much is enough. I never get an answer, but point out that even districts spending $20,000 or more per student where the left controls EVERYTHING from the local school board on up still cry about underfunding.

I then point out I earned an MBA in a state university run night school (1988) for a tuition of $118 per credit hour (the equivalent of $2,124 annually) and, even factoring in inflation, the per pupil expense is well beyond that in most school districts now. Why?