I keep an old black-and-white photo on my bedroom wall. It was 1956. I lived in New York City and was in third grade. The picture shows 43 students, one teacher, and no aide. My school had a principal, no assistant principal, no counselors, and no deans. We all learned. Students became doctors, lawyers, accountants, and writers. The inflation-adjusted per-pupil spending at the time was about $3,600.
But we live in very different times now.
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