real dollars or nominal?
Spending per pupil this year is just under $30K.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) now spends over $29,000 per student, compared to $17,800 per student in 2020. According to the Illinois State Board of Education, CPS enrollment has decreased by 8.9% since 2020, with the Chicago Sun-Times projecting an additional 2.8% decrease in 2023.
CPS performance has declined as well, according to the 2021 Illinois Report Card. only 26% of juniors could read or practice math at grade-level.
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“We’re not living up to our potential,” said Jovani Patterson, a Baltimore resident who made headlines in January 2022, when he filed a lawsuit against Baltimore City Schools. The suit claims the district is failing to educate students and, in the process, misusing taxpayer funds…
But when Project Baltimore showed him the latest test results for the city, he was momentarily rendered speechless. “My immediate reaction is, take your kids out of these schools,” said Patterson.
he Maryland State Department of Education recently released the 2022 state test results known as MCAP, Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program. Baltimore City’s math scores were the lowest in the state. Just 7 percent of third through eighth graders tested proficient in math, which means 93 percent could not do math at grade level. Project Baltimore found, in 23 Baltimore City schools, there were zero students who tested proficient in math. Not a single student.
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