Throwing Money At It: Public Education Spending vs. Outcomes

Part I: Spending vs. Student Achievement

A new report from the Reason Foundation that comprehensively collected and analyzed public education spending, enrollment, teacher/staff salary, and student outcomes over the past 2 decades has found some incredible insights. They compared all of these data for all 50 states, and were able to asses trends, relationships, and outcomes. The report can be found here, and I recommend saving this one as it is a treasure trove of data. The insights and analysis for this post will come from the raw data in the report, and I expect to conduct many more over the coming weeks.

Overall Spending vs. Reading & Math Scores: