Education Spending in the OECD countries. How does the US stack up against the rest?

This terrific interactive is from the OECD website, the statistic gathering arm of the European Union.

See how various countries stack up in terms of spending on the various levels of education--from Pre-K through College ("Tertiary").

The BLUE line is the OECD average among the countries you see listed below.

The other tabs along the top offer interesting information regarding educational attainment.  This resource can be used for all kinds of analysis students could do in small discusssion groups.