New poll: Teachers have no idea how much their schools spend

By Jason Russell

Published August 18, 2015 4:01am ET

Teachers have no idea how much money their local school districts spend per student, they just want more spending.

Teachers surveyed in the 2015 Education Next poll estimated that their local school district spends a little more than $7,000 per student. The actual amount? $12,325. The teachers were off by 72 percent. That’s certainly worthy of a failing grade on this test.