Politics and Money

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I'm certain that Massachusetts is probably spending well above the national average for education. If the best they can do is sixth place in Math (and they consider that an accomplishment) most people here and in other countries would say there's something wrong with their acceptance of mediocrity.. You claim that we don't spend enough money? Why is Massachusetts failing? Sixth place isn't anything to brag about.

In fact, Shanghai is well above the achievement level of Massachusetts and they don't spend as much money (on a relative basis) on education. So far ahead, that when educators first saw their rank, they were astonished.