Item — HN Reader

>Ridiculous budget constraints?

>Washington DC public schools get more money per student than anywhere else in US.

NYC public schools are #1; DC isn't in the top ten (https://www.silive.com/news/2019/06/how-much-does-new-york-c...). Baltimore is #3, though, and four DC suburbs are also in the top ten, all no doubt offering much better education than the Baltimore (or DC) schools.

>My son's private school tuition is half what the average public school system in the US gets from taxpayers (local, state, and federal combined).

Private schools pay teachers less money than public schools, too.

I would add to this that the presumption that private school tuition reflects the cost of private school on a per student basis in its entirety and can be fairly compared to per-student funding of schools is probably incorrect. (Even more so if only comparing based on the tuition of one particular kid.)