This op-ed appeared in The State newspaper on January 22, 2018. Our nation will spend $623.5 billion on K-12 education this academic year — an average $12,300 per pupil. That per-pupil spending has increased by more than 35 percent over the past 25 years, even after taking inflation into account. Despite all the spending, S.C. test scores on
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Instead of blaming the persistent achievement gap of minority students on "choice," Ms. Weingarten should be thanking bold education reformers.
