(2004-06-03) Stern Nyc School Costs

Sol Stern attacks the Public School Spending on Educating Kids In Nyc. Fifteen months later Bloomberg is creating a handy excuse for failure: He's now saying that he needs an additional $5 billion in state funds for his school reforms to succeed. This would bring spending in the city up to an astronomical $18,000 per pupil - close to the cost of elite private schools.