Put More Money Into Education to Avoid Being Last

Yes, I do think we should pony up, and give more money to education. We have been decrying ourselves for years for being last in the nation in per student spending, so let's take care of the matter and raise taxes enough to get more money into education. (If there is a way to divert more money without raising taxes, let's do that, but if not, raise 'em.)

But, not much.

Here's why: We are doing it, giving more money to education simply because we are not spending as much as the other states, not because we have a lousy education system and it needs more money to make it better. We rank 13th in the nation in ACT and SAT scores. Of the states having at least 95 percent of the students participating in the ACT, we rank second.

Who knows, maybe putting more money into education will help us rank even higher in the ACT and SAT scores. That would be good. But the real reason for putting more money into education is that we have been beating ourselves up for years about having the largest classrooms in the nation (23 students per class, is it?) and the lowest per student outlay ($6,064, is it?).

http://www.deseretnews.com/top/777/39/Utah-Which-state-has-the-highest-average-ACT-and-SAT-scores.html