Norton Rainey
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Well, that's exactly right.
And one of the greatest arguments people use, and it's a misnomer, is that we're not spending enough money on our kids.
And that's why we're struggling in public education.
And that's not the case at all.
In fact, we're actually nearing $1 trillion in annual spending on public schools today.
yet the trends are showing that our kids are actually learning less than they were 30 40 years ago so it's not a money issue but to your point the money's staying with the administration it's not actually making its way into the classroom where it should and i think the average cost per student currently is about twenty thousand dollars in public schools that's a lot of money if you compare that to our private schools
And we work with thousands of schools in 13 states currently.
The average tuition is right around $10,000 per year.
So it's a misnomer that private schools are all these elite institutions that charge a lot of money.
These are remarkable institutions that are actually quite affordable.
And they're also really good places where they carry better children.
Yeah, we're showing that it's not always about the money.
It's about having the right environment for a kid where a parent can choose to put their kid in a school that's right for their kids.
We say that one size doesn't fit all, but we have a system right now where it's basically the zip code you live in.
Dictates the education.
If you're poor, we know that those schools are not performing well for our kids.
And that's where these parents are really desperate to put their children in great schools the same way that you and I are wealthy families also want to put their kids into the right school.
well if you can't read by third grade you really never catch up if you can't do basic math by third grade you really are never able to do the math you need to so your foundation has not been laid that's where the foundation is so critical early on to make sure that our kids are educated but the reality events were giving lip service to arguably the most important issue in our country we did a survey about two months ago asking americans
what the issues are that they care the most about.
And there were five issues ahead of education, including crime and immigration and our health care system.