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Someone quoted 15k USD spent in Baltimore for each student. That is a lot of money to attract top talent.
by rusabd 6y ago
Someone quoted 15k USD spent in Baltimore for each student. That is a lot of money to attract top talent.
- mlyle 6y agoYup, but money isn't great at motivating people to work hard; a lot of evidence implies it even does the opposite. And a huge chunk of that money is vacuumed up by administration. Inner city school systems are great at grinding up passionate personnel, making them quit or just surrender to do things that look good on paper but don't improve anything.
- rusabd 6y agoLooks you are actually found who needs to be replaced
- mtVessel 6y agoIs it? How do you know? Have you reviewed the budgets? Do you work in education in Baltimore, and thus, have a sense of what an appropriate number would be? I don't know the answers, but I do know this -- it's a hell of a lot less than what gets spent in the NY metro area.
- todd8 6y agoHere is the data. According to the US Census[1], out of the largest 100 US Public School systems Baltimore ranked near the very top in spending per child (5th out of 100). Baltimore spent $15,793 per child. Only New York and Boston spent considerably more. [1] https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/school-system-finances.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/school-s...
- mtVessel 6y agoThanks, that's much more informative.