Education

Some other considerations for whether and how much we should fund colleges are taxpayer benefits and benefits to local economies:

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9461/index1.html

RAND researchers examined how taxpayers benefit from increases in students' educational attainment. Using statistical modeling and national data, they analyzed how increases in educational attainment are associated with tax revenues, funds for social support and insurance programs, and spending on incarceration. The researchers found that, for all racial/ethnic groups, an increase in a student's educational attainment — for example, completing high school rather than dropping out — is associated with substantial value for taxpayers over time.
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https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-colleges-do-for-local-economies-a-direct-measure-based-on-consumption/

With these benefits in mind, this brief finds the following:

  • The average bachelor’s degree holder contributes $278,000 more to local economies than the average high school graduate through direct spending over the course of his or her lifetime; an associate degree holder contributes $81,000 more than a high school graduate.
  • The quality of colleges greatly affects the size of these benefits. High value-added four-year colleges contribute $265,000 more per student to local economies than low-value added four-year colleges. The contribution is $184,000 for high value-added two-year colleges.
  • Sixty-eight percent of alumni from two-year colleges remain in the area of their college after attending, compared to 42 percent of alumni from four-year colleges. High-value added colleges are no more or less likely to retain students in their metropolitan area.
  • State and local governments, as well as their taxpayers, have a very strong incentive to boost college attendance and completion, especially at higher quality institutions. Risk-sharing of federal student loans—based on value-added principles—is one promising approach to promoting greater economic returns for students and taxpayers.
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I thought this was kind of amazing  Calif and Texas lead the way as the least educated states - based on % of population that had 9th grade or higher education.

Perhaps due to the influx of immigrants who flow into those states.  

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/least-educated-state-california-no-1-percentage-residents-25-and

California ranks No. 1 among the 50 states for the percentage of its residents 25 and older who have never completed ninth grade and 50th for the percentage who have graduated from high school, according to new data from the Census Bureau.

Texas ranks No. 2 for the percentage of its residents 25 and older who have never completed ninth grade and 49th for the percentage who have graduated from high school.

9.7 percent of California residents 25 and older, the Census Bureau says, never completed ninth grade. Only 82.5 percent graduated from high school.

8.7 percent of Texas residents 25 and older never completed ninth grade, and only 82.8 percent graduated from high school.
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TGHusker said:
I thought this was kind of amazing  Calif and Texas lead the way as the least educated states - based on % of population that had 9th grade or higher education.

 Perhaps due to the influx of immigrants who flow into those states.  

  

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/least-educated-state-california-no-1-percentage-residents-25-and

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The real news of this graphic for me is that Nebraska is apparently less educated than Iowa and Kansas, and we barely beat Oklahoma.  :o

 
I would like to see the numbers.  What exactly are these teachers making along with package of benefits compared to cost of living?

 
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BigRedBuster said:
I would like to see the numbers.  What exactly are these teachers making along with package of benefits compared to cost of living?
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I know Colorado is at the bottom of teachers salaries in the US when adjusted for cost of living. A lot of teachers in CO (especially in Denver) have second jobs just to pay their monthly bills.

 
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