Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people?

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• Mirshe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  3. The schools that aren’t underfunded have millions of dollars in funds earmarked for sports usually.

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i dont think its for k-12, but its mostly for universities, and colleges.

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    • Mirshe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You would be incorrect. Many wealthier high schools put a ton of money into their sports facilities and equipment. Several HS in my state operate 10-thousand-plus-seating stadiums that look a lot like collegiate or semiprofessional facilities.

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• FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think #1 is sports. Have you seen some of these stadiums?

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  • lovely_reader@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Public primary and secondary schools do not typically have stadiums.

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    • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Some do indeed. The one near me has a pretty ridiculous one that makes me sad for the academics that it is leeching from.

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• ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This doesn’t really address the whole of OP’s question though. They are asking why our schools are so underfunded if we are spending so much more than average per student. The maths don’t math.

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• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  3. The US is expensive.

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