Data compiled by The Washington Post in 2007 of the 100 largest school districts in the country ranked DC third in spending for each student, around $13,000 a pupil, but last in spending on instruction. More than half of every dollar of education spending goes to the salaries of administrators. Test scores are abysmal; the campuses are often unsafe.How about that for good resource allocation!
Friday, November 28, 2008
The bad DC Public Schools
Jonah Goldberg reports: