In Alaska, where I lived most of the last 20 years, education has been largely flat funded for about a decade now. Imagine running an organization in 2026 on that organization's 2016 budget. Schools have a bunch of obligations they have to spend on. Every time health care costs for staff go up, and funding is flat, something gets cut. You can't cut education for a decade straight without impacting student learning.
I don't think Alaska is that much of an outlier in this regard.
Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics | Hacker News
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I don't think Alaska is that much of an outlier in this regard.
Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics | Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47867755