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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (371395)	2/19/2008 6:19:15 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573683

Interesting... While the U.S. spent the most in absolute dollars, it ranked tenth in education spending as a percent of GDP at 4.8 percent. Education spending per capita provides another lens to view worldwide education spending. Norway leads the group again with an estimated $2,850 per capita spent on education. The United States ranks second at approximately $1,780. The top five also include France, The Netherlands and Canada. Each spent more than $1,200 in education per capita in 2001. So they invest more per GDP... and we spend more per capita. Except for Norway. Could this suggest that the reason for our high GDP is that we spend more per student? And it's a good investment? No way. Then you would have to admit that our schools are doing a good job. And most are public.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (371395)	2/19/2008 7:48:23 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573683

America ranks 2nd to Norway on per capita education spending. Government control is not a panacea. Think about it Ten. In Norway, they are educating a population that is 95% homogenous in race, income and religion. In some American schools we have 100 different languages being spoken. We are much more diverse in terms of race, income and religion. And if you think its not any harder to teach a kid who speaks mostly Spanish, let me be the first to tell you that you're wrong.