alt Hacker NewsCan’t speak for Chicago, but in my city the schools get similar funds on a per-student basis yet still have very large differences in academics from school to school.
The reason parents try to get into different schools isn’t to chase funding, it’s to get into the one with the best outcomes. A lot of that comes from parental involvement and having a critical mass of engaged students and parents, not the dollar amount spent on each student.
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triceratops • today at 3:39 PM
Then "school district fraud" shouldn't be a problem. If a parent is willing to committing a crime to get their kid into a good school, they're heavily engaged and involved.
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"A lot of that comes from parental involvement and having a critical mass of engaged students and parents, not the dollar amount spent on each student."
FYI, parent engagement is also heavily proportional to parent income/property prices.
Very hard to be engaged at school with double/triple working class jobs.