Are Baltimore Students Better Off Staying Home? | City Journal

Are Baltimore Students Better Off Staying Home? | City Journal - Sean Kennedy

• Better Off Truant?
• Baltimore City Schools are so bad that kids might get more out of watching Sesame Street reruns.

"...Last year, Baltimore’s public schools spent $22,000 per student, a record figure slated to rise over the next decade...
According to the 2022 NAEP test, only 10 percent of fourth-graders and 15 percent of eighth-graders in Baltimore’s public schools are proficient in reading...

Math scores tell an even bleaker story...