That is not true; using national average prices and national student demographics, a new paper we have written finds that our recommendations can be funded at the national average expenditure per pupil. (educationnext.org)
Between 1970 and 1990, real expenditure per pupil increased not by 10 percent but by over 84 percent. (educationnext.org)
And this disparity is reflected in actual spending by districts; current expenditures per pupil range from $ 8,659 to $ 22,962; the difference equates to more than $ 357,000 per year in a classroom of 25 students. (paschoolfunding.org)