Virginia lands in the middle
nationally for education spending, at $ 7,735 per pupil for the 2001 - 02 school year, just $ 1 above the national average.
Not exact matches
To illustrate what this analysis might mean
nationally, consider
Education Week «s calculation of
spending per student, adjusted (albeit imperfectly)
for regional cost differences.
Participants will
spend the day in a choice art studio learning about TAB, (Teaching
for Artistic Behavior) a
nationally recognized, choice - based art
education approach to teaching visual art.
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Nationally, traditional public school districts
spent 3.8 percent of total current expenditures on salaries
for special
education teachers; all charter schools
spent 2.2 percent.
Though $ 1.8 billion is a substantial sum, in the context of public
spending for public
education, it's a relative drop in the bucket — amounting to less than three - tenths of 1 percent of total
spending on public
education nationally.