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dmix 5 hours ago

A quick google search of the UNSECO target is "at least 15% of total public expenditure (or 4–6% of GDP)" and both the US (~5%) and California (~4-5% of gdp) already pass that criteria.

rayiner 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The UNESCO target is calibrated for developing countries. Few developed countries spend that much on non-tertiary education: https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/public-spending-on-e.... Canada spends about 3.3%, less than California.

(I think your numbers include tertiary education. My numbers are K-12 only. I’m not sure which of those the UNESCO target is based on.)

_--__--__ 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The confusion/disconnect between those two benchmarks suggests something about the size of CA's public expenditure...