Thanks to the indefatigable numbers-crunchers at the U.S. Census Bureau, Utah has been reminded — again — that our state’s per-pupil investment in education comes in at the bottom of the nation — still.
In fact, we are so far behind every other state that the only way we might move up in this race is if there were to be a big crash among the cars ahead of us. Which is not going to happen.
It may be that the best we can hope for is to close the gap a bit. Or, as legislative leaders seem compelled to engage in a reboot of the state’s tax system, just make sure it doesn’t get worse.