Controlled Failure
Unredacted test scores show student outcomes remain dismal in Baltimore despite massive funding increases and grants. The district's CEO is Maryland's highest-paid leader of a public school district.
Baltimore City Schools received $1.6 billion from taxpayers in 2022, its largest funding increase ever. The district estimated it would be spending around $21,000 per student. According to an analysis of U.S. Census data by WBFF, that made it “the fourth most-funded…
