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July 22, 2010Study: California Classroom spending dips as ed funding rises; A Look at Per Student Spending vs. MadisonSpending in California classrooms declined as a percentage of total education spending over a recent five-year period, even as total school funding increased, according to a Pepperdine University study released Wednesday.Complete study: 1.1MB PDF. This is not a big surprise, given the increasing emphasis on, ironically, in the K-12 world, adult to adult spending, often referred to as "Professional Development". Yippy Search: "Professional Development". The report mentions that California's average per student expenditure is just under $10,000 annually. Madison's 2009/2010 per student spending was $15,241 ($370,287,471 budget / 24,295 students). Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 22, 2010 8:55 AMSubscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: Newsletter signup | Send us your ideas |