http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11432 (http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa662.pdf)
Real spending per pupil ranges from a low of nearly $12,000 in the Phoenix area schools
We find that, in the areas studied, public schools are spending 93 percent more than the estimated median private school.
Costs of public schools in relation to math and reading test scores.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9326 – a paper on school choice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeP-krUrdU – Milton Friedman’s Free to Choose Series on Education – part 1.