No evidence for education spending claims

No evidence for education spending claims

• More money for school bureaucracies does not lead to a more educated workforce.
• Michigan leaders have long supported an idea for which there is little evidence: Increased spending on higher education will lead to a more educated workforce.

...Massachusetts is the state with the highest percentage of residents with a college degree, at 44.5%, but it only spends about $300 per resident on higher education. 

That is the same amount as West Virginia, which has the nation’s lowest educational attainment, at only 21.3% of the population earning a college degree..."