{"id":1941715,"date":"2023-06-01T05:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-spends-the-most-on-students-of-any-large-district-in-the-nation-its-test-scores-are-at-their-lowest-in-more-than-a-decade\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T05:46:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:46:48","slug":"boston-spends-the-most-on-students-of-any-large-district-in-the-nation-its-test-scores-are-at-their-lowest-in-more-than-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-spends-the-most-on-students-of-any-large-district-in-the-nation-its-test-scores-are-at-their-lowest-in-more-than-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston spends the most on students among large districts, but has lowest test scores in over a decade."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-spends-the-most-on-students-of-any-large-district-in-the-nation-its-test-scores-are-at-their-lowest-in-more-than-a-decade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941715&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Boston Public Schools Spend Record Amount Per Student Despite Low Test Scores<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Boston Public Schools spent more per student during the 2020-21 school year than any other large school district in the nation, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2023\/public-school-spending.html#:~:text=MAY%2018%2C%202023%20%E2%80%94%20Nationally%2C,from%20%2413%2C501%20in%20FY%202020.\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to U.S. Census data released this month, even as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-public-schools-shells-out-half-a-million-to-fill-covid-virtual-learning-gaps-with-online-tutor\/\" title=\"Fairfax Public Schools Shells Out Half a Million To Fill COVID Virtual Learning Gaps With Online Tutor\">test scores dropped<\/a> to their lowest level in a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The school district spent $31,397 per student during the school year, an almost 13 percent increase over the previous year. Despite the record spending, reading and math scores for fourth and eighth grade students last year reached their lowest point since 2011, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/schools\/2022\/10\/24\/mass-reading-math-test-scores-slip-to-19-year-low\/\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Less than a third of students in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-spends-the-most-on-students-of-any-large-district-in-the-nation-its-test-scores-are-at-their-lowest-in-more-than-a-decade\/\" title=\"Boston spends the most on students among large districts, but has lowest test scores in over a decade.\">grades 3-8 met expectations<\/a> on the state\u2019s standardized test. Enrollment also declined by 2,500 students, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/boston-now-spends-more-per-student-than-any-other-large-school-district-in-the-nation\/ar-AA1bU2my\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to state data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Both declines follow a national trend after students were kept out of the classroom for months during the pandemic. Boston\u2019s K-8 students did not return to the classroom until late April 2021, more than a year after schools were first closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Fight to Reopen Schools<\/h3>\n<p><span>The Massachusetts Teachers Association, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-teachers-union-pushing-racial-division-in-fight-over-school-closures\/\" title=\"LA Teachers\u2019 Union Pushing Racial Division in Fight Over School Closures\">largest teachers&#8217; union<\/a> in the state, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2021\/02\/23\/riley-at-some-point-remote-hybrid-learning-needs-to-be-off-the-table\/\"><span>fought<\/span><\/a><span> the district\u2019s reopening plans even as governor Charlie Baker (R.) declared &#8220;it\u2019s time&#8221; to return students to the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Enrollment Shifts<\/h3>\n<p><span>Enrollment in public schools has fallen in districts across the nation. Private school enrollment rose 4 percent in the 2021-22 school year as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/library-group-frames-removal-of-graphic-sexual-content-from-school-libraries-as-record-number-of-book-bans\/\" title=\"Library Group Frames Removal Of Graphic Sexual Content From School Libraries As \u2018Record Number\u2019 Of \u2018Book Bans\u2019\">homeschool enrollment increased<\/a> by 30 percent, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban.org\/research\/publication\/where-kids-went-nonpublic-schooling-and-demographic-change-during-pandemic#:~:text=In%20the%202021%E2%80%9322%20school,enrollment%20was%2030%20percent%20higher.\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to the Urban Institute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Investment in School Buildings<\/h3>\n<p><span>The City of Boston avoided a state takeover of its school district due to poor performance last summer, striking a deal with the state\u2019s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Boston mayor Michelle Wu (D.) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/boston\/2022\/05\/boston-mayor-wu-announces-green-new-deal-for-boston-public-schools-says-every-school-building-should-be-redone-in-next-decade.html\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> a $2 billion investment last year to remodel &#8220;every school building in Boston over the next decade&#8221; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-debate-future-infrastructure-bills\/\" title=\"Lawmakers debate future infrastructure bills\">address climate change<\/a> and equity issues.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>unprecedented amount for a large school district in the US, as per recent U.S. Census data. However, the test scores of Boston Public Schools plummeted to their lowest in ten years during the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2083,"featured_media":1941716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[12742,11972,15003,11226,9272,6388,4072],"class_list":["post-1941715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-boston","tag-decade","tag-districts","tag-lowest","tag-scores","tag-spends","tag-students"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}