The Decade of Decline in Seattle Public Schools

Posted by barry-cotter 3 days ago

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Comment by nothercastle 3 days ago

In this case it’s just SPS. It became a massive school district with expected bloat. As a result lots of money went to waste programs like edutainment apps and social justice programs. Kids with wealth parents opted out and that made funding problems worse because without stable kids to average out the pool the student body became more resource intensive which drove the typical urban failing school cycle.

Comment by techblueberry 3 days ago

I don’t know if I love the way these progressive policies are instituted but I observe this very human tendency to chase narratives rather than macro trends.

“It’s not declining budgets and COVID, it’s woke!”

Comment by barry-cotter 3 days ago

Seattle public school spending per student has ~tripled in the last twenty years. There has been no meaningful decline.

Comment by techblueberry 2 days ago

Tell that to the folks that wrote the article then.

Comment by barry-cotter 1 day ago

Decline is used in the article only to refer to test scores and budgetary shortfalls are laid at the feet of a school board caving in to union demands. At no point is there any suggestion that money is a limiting factor in raising student academic performance.

Comment by SubmarineClub 3 days ago

As expected. But you’ll never see any progressives admitting that their policies are worthless.

WOKE. IS. A. JOKE.

It’d be nice if all those pushing this asshattery would finally admit it.