the total student enrollment in the second chart is trending down, not up

sure "spending doubles" over the course of two decades.. is that enough to keep up with inflation in both the dollar and class sizes due to rises in population? Nah.

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Why Can’t People Read and Write Anymore?

![schools.png](https://m.stacker.news/17142)

sure "spending doubles" over the course of two decades.. is that enough to keep up with inflation in both the dollar and class sizes due to rises in population? Nah.