900,000 students back to the most inefficient public schools in the nation

Spending is up, enrollment and learning is down in NYC

Last week ~900,000 NYC students went back to schools and we recently got more data that confirms what NYC DOE observers have been saying for a long time: “No city spends more to achieve such mediocre results for its children.”

Read my latest article at City Journal on what we can learn from the recently released DOE 2024–25 Demographic Snapshot:

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What I am reading this week

I have been struck by back to school routine so all I had time the past few weeks was to watch “How the Universe Works” with my kids. If you have a kid who loves astrophysics, this is a great show!

• Longtime NYC principal ‘Creepy Bill’ groped 17-year-old student, staff, turned school into ‘sexual playground:’ suit (NY Post)

• Too Many Kids Aren’t Going Back to School (WSJ)

• 3,000 teachers beg for donations for basic classroom supplies — despite NYC’s record-breaking per-pupil spending (NY Post)

• The Economics of Education Reform (WSJ)

How Zohran Mamdani Could Kill New York’s Schools

Education Belongs at the Center of the Abundance Agenda

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