Vince Coyner reports,
American public education is really just a jobs and revenue-generating program for unions. William McGurn over at the WSJ looks at the performance of schools in the largest school districts. The level of failure is extraordinary.
For example, in 2019, Atlanta public schools spent $17,112 per student and the result of all of that spending was that only 10% of students were proficient in math and 15% in reading. So, for all that expenditure, fully 90% failed basic math proficiency and 85% reading.
This dynamic has been going on for decades across the country. New York City spends $28,004 per student and 75% of them lack proficiency in math and 81% in reading, while Boston spends $25,653 and has similar marks with 88% failing math and 85% reading.
On average the US spends approximately $14,000 per student in education, (Elem – HS), more than any nation in the world other than Luxemburg. And what do we get for that extraordinary spending? Not much. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2018, American students ranked 15th in the world for reading literacy, 18th in science, and 37th in math!
Read more here: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/the_government_is_not_your_friend_no_matter_what_politicians_tell_you.html
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