“spends about $5 billion per year on education, about 80 percent of which goes to salaries and benefits.”
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Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Cant Read ProficientlyDespite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest
“The test also showed that the reading abilities of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders had not improved at all between 1998 and 2009 despite a significant inflation-adjusted increase in the amount of money Wisconsin public schools spent per pupil each year.”
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/two-thirds-wisconsin-public-school-8th-g
Thanks for the link