GettyIndeed, few school spending skeptics argue that money can’t help. In turn, those who champion more spending typically concede that of course it matters how those funds are spent. The 2020 presidential field has responded with a series of costly proposals to boost federal school spending. California senator Kamala Harris has called for spending $300 billion over a decade to raise teacher pay. The U.S. already spends about $700 billion on K-12 public education a year, or nearly $14,000 per student.

Source: Forbes October 24, 2019 18:00 UTC