{"id":10039,"date":"2012-06-21T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T18:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2012-06-21T13:50:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T18:50:59","slug":"what-milwaukee-public-schools-really-spends-per-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/what-milwaukee-public-schools-really-spends-per-child\/","title":{"rendered":"What Milwaukee Public Schools REALLY Spends Per Child"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on an analysis of school spending<\/a>. According to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau called Public Education Finances: 2010<\/a>, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) had 82,096 students in 2009-2010, revenue of $1.27 billion (p. 75), and expenditures of $1.26 billion (p. 77). It also reported “current spending” of $14, 019<\/strong> per student in MPS.<\/p>\n

Except there are a couple of problems with this $14,019 figure, mainly that it does not reflect all of MPS’s spending. <\/p>\n

If you do the math and divide the total revenue above by the number of students, you get revenue of $15,356 per student in MPS.<\/p>\n

If you divide the total expenditures of MPS by the number of students, you get expenditures of $15,456 per student.<\/p>\n

These figures only tell part of the story, however.<\/p>\n

If you go to the annual report for MPS for the 2009-2010 school year<\/a>, you see that actual expenditures were $1.4 billion<\/strong>. This calculates to actual spending of $17,132<\/strong> per child in MPS for 2009-2010.<\/p>\n

Don’t let the article or the Census Bureau report fool you. MPS did NOT spend $14,019 per child. The district actually spent $17,132 of taxpayer money per student, or 22% more than is being reported. And what do we get for this? Students who cannot read or do math<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why is there a difference? The Census Bureau only includes certain items in its figure for “current spending” in its report. I’m not sure why they prepare the report this way, but it obviously significantly<\/strong> understates the amount Milwaukee Public Schools spends per student.<\/p>\n

Read more on school spending here.<\/a><\/p>\n

And if you’ve bought the lie that MPS is failing because it’s an “urban school,” read this article about how well other urban school districts are doing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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