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  "id": 12881,
  "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/americas-trillion-dollar-school-system-5-trends-explain-where-the-money-goes",
  "title": "America’s Trillion-Dollar School System: 5 Trends Explain Where the Money Goes",
  "summary": "In April, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that the 50 states and Washington, D.C., took in $1 trillion in federal, state and local revenue for K-12 public education in the 2023-24 school year. One. Trillion. Dollars. That’s a remarkable milestone. And while it doesn’t tell the whole story — it represents only revenues, […]",
  "authors": "Chad Aldeman",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-22T10:30:00.000Z",
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  "source_name": "The 74 (education AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.the74million.org",
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  "original_url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/americas-trillion-dollar-school-system-5-trends-explain-where-the-money-goes",
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