An example is neighboring districts in rich areas of the country. Example: great neck vs mount sinai.
How can these two be so different in terms of budget etc to achieve such different results?
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How are you measuring performance here? That’s something that is incredibly complex when talking about education, and is often debated.
Are you looking at standardized test scores? Average GPA? Graduation rate? College admission rate? Something else.
Everyone else has provided answers on why school districts might be run differently, but depending on what you’re measuring, the schools could be run nearly identically, and have vastly different results.
Everyone is all for improving education, but it’s hard to agree on how to do so, and how we can tell if we are really improving it.
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