This is not true.
1989: $10,840
----> 2015: $14,756
This is a real INCREASE of 36%
@washingtonpost should fix this factual error.
There is absolutely no way to spin this statement as true @washingtonpost.
Inflation-adjusted spending increased by 36%.
Link: nces.ed.gov/programs/diges…
He is the Dean at UVAs Curry School of Education.
He is the same guy who said:
"there is zero support for the notion that private or parochial schooling is superior to public education."
Why do university elites get to misrepresent data? 🤔
Or was this an editorial mistake made by @washingtonpost editors?
Inflation-adjusted spending in education did NOT decrease since the 1980s.
There is no way to defend that claim.