Democrats, Working Hand-in-Glove With Teachers’ Unions, Trap Children in Failing Schools

Persistently failing schools should be slammed shut, and students should be offered the chance to attend another school

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Students walk outside Pershing High School at Detroit. AP/Carlos Osorio

The left would rather cage poor children in failing schools than give them a better choice.

New York spends a whopping $36,293 per public school student — highest in the nation — yet for all that money, student scores are “middle-of-the-pack” on national tests for math, reading, and science, according to a new report from the Citizens Budget Commission.

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