In 1940, the average American had an 8th grade education and managed to build the most productive society in the world.
Now, we have doubled our education budgets, have 1/2 the class size, and exponentially increased the number of teachers.
Now, students graduating college still can’t do basic math or write a cogent paragraph.
Throwing money at the problem is not the solution.
Very good point! We expend more resources, and get poorer results.