Chicago Public School enrollment has decreased by approximately 20% since 2010, while taxpayer funding for CPS has risen by over 50% during the same period. Parents have raised over $40 million for the state's public schools in the past year. Public educators are being criticized for failing to address the fact that 50% of students cannot read at grade level. Despite increased funding for arts education following a state law, parents and teachers have found no significant improvements and are investigating individual schools. Baltimore public schools spend $22,424 per student, the highest in the country, yet students struggle with basic skills, leading to questions about the effectiveness of funding.
Shouting 'fund the fucking public schools' is such a jokeass liberal fantasy Baltimore public schools spend $22,424 per student, the most in the country, yet students in Baltimore can't read or do basic math. Funding isn't the issue, but I guess it feels good to shout about. https://t.co/sHyODG9JyH https://t.co/gEtFG6euiO
Parents and teachers expected new resources after a state law was passed ensuring more funding for arts education. But after months of seeing no change, they began investigating individual schools to find out what was going on. Here’s what’s happened. https://t.co/GKeCaNLvMP
Why should we keep the status quo and blindly fund such a failing system? Public Educators Defying Parents as 50% of Students Can't Read at Grade Level https://t.co/p70yEfBZcp
Parents have fundraised more than $40 million for the state’s public schools in the past year alone 👀 FULL STORY: https://t.co/lGhdwEFmOI https://t.co/uylXZkri8y
Stat of the day: Chicago Public School enrollment is down about 20% since 2010. Meanwhile, taxpayer funding of CPS has increased more than 50% during the same period. https://t.co/vUO9v67FoI