This past weekend, John Stossel compared the increase of K-12 students to the increase of personnel in schools during 1950 till 2009. The show aired on Fox Business.
The education BLOB— that immovable jelly-like ball of teachers’ and janitors’ unions, the school board bureaucrats, PTAs, etc.—just keeps growing. As the number of students increased 96%, the number of administrative staff has increased 702%.
Back in October 2012, Dr. Terry Stoops commented on this same report from the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. This report described the national situation, and also a state by state comparison. Seems North Carolina is one of those states that hiring outpaced student enrollment.
