Currently, the districts that have more get more, which has negatively impacted low - income students throughout the state, particularly in Chicago where CPS Chief Executive Officer Forrest Claypool has noted students receive 73 cents to every dollar spent on students in other districts. (e4e.org)
Success Academy's students, most of whom are black or Hispanic, performed better on this year's state reading and math tests than did students in any other district in the state. (nytimes.com)
«So even though our minority students are outscoring minority students in other districts near us, there is still a bigger gap here because of that.» (nytimes.com)