New York public schools top the nation's class for costly failure

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Despite massive enrollment losses in recent years, Gov. Hochul's plan would still boost overall state education funding by $825 million.
51% : When Florida parents are dissatisfied with public schools, they can take their funding to a private school by participating in one of several school-choice programs.
45% : New York's low-income fourth graders ranked 41st in the country in math, behind students in states like Arkansas, Mississippi and Georgia, where far less money is spent on public schools.
41% : New York also has one of the most restrictive open-enrollment laws in the country and allows public schools to charge tuition to transfer students, effectively allowing wealthy suburban public schools to block low-income transfer students.
41% : The only ones who should complain about public-education funding are students and parents, who aren't getting nearly enough for what's spent.
31% : During the COVID-19 pandemic, public schools lost another 160,000 students.

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