DC Schools: $29,349 Per Pupil, 83% Not Proficient in Reading

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DC Schools: $29,349 Per Pupil, 83% Not Proficient in Reading

Wow, you could afford a good college with that amount of money. I wonder what the demographics of the DC Public School System are?

DC Schools: $29,349 Per Pupil, 83% Not Proficient in Reading | CNS News

The public schools in Washington, D.C., spent $29,349 per pupil in the 2010-2011 school year, according to the latest data from National Center for Education Statistics, but in 2013 fully 83 percent of the eighth graders in these schools were not “proficient” in reading and 81 percent were not “proficient” in math.

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The faculty (Some of the highest paid teachers in the country by the way)

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Well we're just not spending enough money on D.C. education. Let's heap some more cash on the pile and things are sure to improve.