The Illinois Policy Institute runs a persuasive graphic in its article,
ILLINOIS K-12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOSING STUDENTS, GAINING ADMINISTRATORS
Despite shrinking populations of students and teachers, Illinois school districts have continued to grow their administrative bodies.
The bar chart pretty much speaks for itself.
Because the Illinois Policy Institute cares so much about policy and the kids. Stay tuned…tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock…
I think this finally proves P.T. Barnum was right.
Because Angel loves to infect young minds with the virus of socialism.
What is the ratio of students to administrators in Illinois, in each district of McHenry County? If a District had 2,000 students, how many administrators? 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 etc? What amount of Administrators in McHenry County are redundant whereby a particular job assignment/position is the same across districts and one person could handle the functional position across 2, 3, 4, 5, etc districts?
Exerpt from article:
“Illinois spends more than any neighboring state and nearly double the national average on “general administration” costs, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Meanwhile, Illinois students’ test scores trail those of many neighboring states, as too many education funding dollars get trapped in the bureaucracy before reaching the classroom.”
“On average, school districts in Illinois spend $581 per pupil on school district administration, or more than 2.5 times the national average of $230 per student. If Illinois spent the same as the national average on district administration, it would save $708 million on unnecessary bureaucratic spending that could be reinvested in classrooms or returned to property taxpayers.”
The cause of all the trouble: IEA!
Most expense for the worst product.
The real laugh is that less than half of CPS teachers send their brats to CPS.
I wonder why that is.
Maybe Angel can tell us?