The Education Exchange: Teacher Salaries Cut, Even When Public Districts Have More Money

Funds being directed toward teacher pension plans, hiring more personnel

Aaron Garth Smith, the Director of Education Reform at the Reason Foundation, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Reason’s latest report, which details how education funds were spent in 2025.

K-12 Education Spending Spotlight 2025: Annual public school spending nears $1 trillion,” co-written with Jordan Campbell, is available now at Reason.org.

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