MedicalSpecializer t1_j7psbk3 wrote
Reply to comment by jabbadarth in 23 Baltimore schools have zero students proficient in math, per state test results by bobbyw24
okay let’s not use foxbaltimore.
Per the school district, their 2022-2023 budget is $1.62 billion. They also say they have 76,000 students. That’s $21,300 per student.
https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/node/1597
https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/district-overview
I’m not blaming the school district, system, teachers, or administration. I’m fact, I think most of them are highly competent, caring, and intelligent individuals who want their students to thrive and succeed.
And those community center and after school programs? They improve math skills (good!) but that’s the end of their effectiveness. They have no impact on attendance or behavior, like at all. They don’t work.
https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/staying_on_track_testing_higher_achievement.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4597889/
These resources don’t meaningfully improve outcomes. This tons of funding isn’t improving outcomes. What do you want to do? It’s not working.
DecayableBrick t1_j7pwddx wrote
They tried throwing a massive amount of resources at a similar school system under order of a court and produced almost no positive results. Kansas city had the highest per capita funding of education and the most opulent facilities probably of any public school system in US history. It's an interesting experiment and anyone discussing school funding should be aware of it.
>Kansas City spent as much as $11,700 per pupil--more money per pupil, on a cost of living adjusted basis, than any other of the 280 largest districts in the country. The money bought higher teachers' salaries, 15 new schools, and such amenities as an Olympic-sized swimming pool with an underwater viewing room, television and animation studios, a robotics lab, a 25-acre wildlife sanctuary, a zoo, a model United Nations with simultaneous translation capability, and field trips to Mexico and Senegal. The student-teacher ratio was 12 or 13 to 1, the lowest of any major school district in the country. The results were dismal. Test scores did not rise; the black-white gap did not diminish; and there was less, not greater, integration.
Cheomesh t1_j7qqpg2 wrote
Man, it really is at home, isn't it.
DecayableBrick t1_j7r62pj wrote
It's something that people in this sub don't want to hear, but yes.
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