Even as our students fail, NYC teachers rewarded with generous contract

Even as our students fail, NYC teachers rewarded with generous contract - Wai Wah Chin

"...The city’s new contract — which gives teachers raises and bonuses of up to 20% and retroactively to 2022...

• The public-district schools’ per student spending is $36,000, against the per public-charter-school-student cost of $18,000. 
• At a $37.5 billion total budget, the city Department of Education spending per student is higher than any other system in the world.
• ...fourth-grade math and reading scores have dropped for more than 10 years (so don’t just blame the pandemic), and performance lags behind the rest of the state and the country...
• Under Mayor Adams, top teachers can get over $150,000 and be sheltered from removal after just four years of teaching...