Chicago Teachers Strike

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Originally Posted by Ether

Can someone name 2 metropolitan areas in the US where the secondary education system is "working"? If not, how about internationally? And what is the cost per student per annum, and what are they doing differently from Chicago?

http://www.forbes.com/2003/02/14/cx_bs_0214home.html

This article lists 4 cities above Chicago, but reading through the article these are the Top 10 of a whole lot of cities (hundreds).

This is a great report on a state basis for cost per pupil. Total revenues and what not.
http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/10f33pub.pdf
It also does a break down of costs associated with Instruction vs. Support Services vs. Other Costs.
Overall it appears to be about 60% going to Instruction, 34% Support Services and 5-6% Other.