Boston, with the same population as Detroit, has 57,000 currently enrolled in public schools. Detroit has 66,000 in public school and additional 56,000 in charter schools. Boston use to have more than 150,000 in public schools thirty years ago. San Francisco with a higher population has 53,000 public school students.
“Schools of today have less money to spend on their students because they’re paying off the debts of yesteryear,” she said.