Detroit schools aim to catch up, and then some, with US aid
“’This is the first time … I actually feel we have equitable funding,’ Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said in an interview. ‘Unfortunately, it had to come during a pandemic.’
The district, which emerged from state control a few years ago, chronically has been among the lowest-scoring in the U.S. on standardized tests. In the last school year, less than 6% of Detroit eighth graders who took a state standardized test scored as proficient in math.
Nationally, pandemic relief to schools totals $190 billion. High-poverty areas received the most per student, with Detroit getting the highest rate among big districts at more than $25,000 per student, followed by Philadelphia at $13,000 and Cleveland at more than $12,000.”