"Kennesaw State University's Ben Scafidi has revealed that inflation–adjusted K–12 education spending per student increased by 27% between 1992 and 2014 in the U.S. —
"At the same time, in Pennsylvania, inflation-adjusted K–12 education spending per student increased by 38 percent, while teacher salaries dropped by 3 percent in constant dollars."
"Dr. Scafidi additionally found that the number of full-time teachers in the U.S. increased 2.5 times as fast as the number of students between 1950 and 2015 — and that the number of administrators and other staff increased more than 7 times as fast as the number of students"
"Public-school funding has actually been increasing for decades.
The real problem is a lack of incentive for schools to meet students’ needs."
"It’s long past time for us to fix the messed up incentive structure that’s baked into the public-school system by funding students directly and empowering families."
The @PhillyInquirer still hasn't corrected this false claim that "State lawmakers have dramatically reduced state funding for public schools over the last generation."