[1] https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/education_spending
2000: 3.7% 2005: 3.8% 2009: 4.0% 2012: 3.6% 2015: 3.5%
France and UK spend more in the G7, Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan spend less.
US defense spending
2000: 3.0% 2005: 3.9% 2009: 4.6% 2012: 4.2% 2015: 3.3%
I was surprised to be honest. US spending on defense is way down on most of the 70s and 80s (6%ish, lowest was 78 with 4.9%)
[1] https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/education_spending