What does $1.7 billion get you in the Boston Public Schools? Abysmal student achievement and declining results.
We must confront the reality of where the district stands in order to chart a course to change it
LAST MONTH, the Boston Public Schools passed a record $1.7 billion budget for the next school year. The district annually spends $36,000 per student, one of the highest levels of per pupil expenditure in the country.
What do the data demonstrate we get from this extraordinary investment in public education?…