[quote=pri_dk][quote=EconProf]CA prisoners cost the state $51,000 per year.[/quote]

In other words, we spend about as much on a single prisoner as we do per teacher in a classroom with 25+ students.[/quote]

Adjusted for cost of living, California spends $7,571 per student, compared to $9,963 per student nationally.
California slips a notch in per pupil expenditures

I taught high school Math for a year fresh out of college. The pay was less than half of what I made in the first year of my next job, the kids were annoying and the parents were worse.