Baltimore second in per-pupil spending, Census Bureau say (Trickle Down Entitlements - FAIL!!

Baltimore Sun ^ | 05/21/2013 | Erica L. Green,

[Kid Shelleen]

The Baltimore school system ranked second among the nation's 100 largest school districts in how much it spent per pupil in fiscal year 2011, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The city's $15,483 per-pupil expenditure was second to New York City's $19,770. Rounding out the top five were Montgomery County, which spent $15,421; Milwaukee public schools at $14,244; and Prince George's County public schools, which spent $13,775.

[Kid Shelleen]

I found this article from May 2013. I don't know where Baltimore ranks today but it looks like the school distict is another example of trickle down entitlements.

[9thLife]

All that means is that the teachers’ union and its co-conspirators are fat city.

[Jim Robinson]

If they just had more money they could solve the problem.

[Blood of Tyrants]

For $15,000+ per student, you ought to be able to get a good private school education. We send my daughter to private christian school and pay about half that and she is getting a top quality college prep education. Yes, it is a bargain.

[umgud]

And maybe some students who gave hoot.

[Kid Shelleen]

more money and 50 more years should do the trick !!!

[RandallFlagg]

Yep!
OH! And fewer guns, too.
More money, less guns, and the place will be paradise.

*vomit*

[lormand]

The government is here to help us.

[Paladin2]

What’s the return on that “investment”?

[griswold3]

How am I supposed to feel sympathy for the failure of school officials that spend TWICE as much as our district?

[TexasFreeper2009]

wow... total fail.

For less than $5,000 per year, I send my kids to the top private school in the area.

And they are getting a FAR better education than I ever received.

[TexasFreeper2009]

opps meant $7,000 per year

[napscoordinator]

Most places south of Baltimore have the best schools in the country.....Severna Park for one. Really great schools in the Arnold/Annapolis area.

[napscoordinator]

I was going to say 5K is pretty good. 7K definitely sounds more likely, BUT it will be the best money you spend even if you get screwed on the property taxes too.

[ronnie raygun]

And they’re still savages

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

2013 article about Baltimordor school spending.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[Rockpile]

I saw a claim last week that Baltimordor school spending was around $16,500 this year. Along with New York they must have the smartest students in the country.

[trebb]

If you want to know how bad a school is, look for high dollar amounts going into them. It seems that money buys lousy teachers and uneducated, but indoctrinated, students.