A recent report has indicated that K-12 education spending in the United States has declined since the beginning of the Great Recession, with some states reporting a per-student spending decrease of more than 20 percent. “States’ new budgets are providing less per-pupil funding for kindergarten through 12th grade than they did six years ago —
Report: Most States Have Yet To Restore K-12 Spending To Pre-Recession Levels
Budget cuts and declining tax revenues could make for long-term problems in the American education system.