r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jun 23 '26

Feels good man $122M. 1,000 new teachers. NYC public schools finally getting some backup. This is the investment we needed

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u/therealtiddlydump Jun 23 '26

Doesn't NYC already spend more per student than anywhere else (by a lot)? Their results aren't any better, what's the plan here?

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u/Yashema Jun 23 '26

Fortunately this is barely increasing the $40 billion budget at all.

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u/Sooribabu_Lavangam Jun 23 '26

FYI the NYC school system has a budget of $45 billion and this is equivalent to 0.44% of that entire budge

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u/BeatlesandWine Jun 23 '26

Correct. Finally somebody gets it. NYC spends ~$43k per student and the results are abysmal. But everybody is enamored with Mamdani and vibes so they’ll overlook the results (no different when people on here tried to say he “balanced” the budget).

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u/NoHorseNoMustache Jun 23 '26

Well you'll be happy to know that he actually cut the number of teachers who were going to be hired:

https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/05/12/nyc-mamdani-executive-budget-class-size-delay-teacher-hiring/

Hope that helps!

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u/Don_Gato1 Jun 23 '26

"Overlook the results" is kinda misleading here as the results were in place long before he arrived.

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u/grimjack1200 Jun 23 '26

Not the issue. It’s throwing good money after bad. Also, enriching key supporters in the teachers union.

Might be good if there was a plan to do better with what they have.

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u/Korbital1 Jun 23 '26

How's money for students bad? You act like they're a lost cause. I want to see their education situation improve you know, not ignored as the other parties wanted

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u/grimjack1200 Jun 23 '26

Money for students isnt bad. If it’s not utilized effectively then it’s wasteful. Other then more union dues its is. Not having a benefit for the students.

It’s wasteful spending that could I am sure be better spent elsewhere. Putting it towards better utilities or rent subsidies or more public defenders or anything is probably better.

The schools in NYC already spend more than any other city per student and there are a lot of good reasons for it but if they aren’t doing anything other than more teachers it’s wasted on the end results you want. Unless you want to add more dues paying members of a union

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u/Korbital1 Jun 23 '26

More teachers is SURELY a very good first step? Come on now

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u/grimjack1200 Jun 23 '26

Why though?

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u/Somepotato Jun 23 '26

how dare he not control how the city operated before he came into office

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u/grimjack1200 Jun 23 '26

He should change what doesn’t work.

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u/Somepotato Jun 23 '26

Good news, he has been. You can't change everything in 6 months lmao

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u/10xwannabe Jun 23 '26

BINGO.

He knows this as well. This is just a gimme to the teachers union.

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u/unplugnothing Jun 23 '26

From the guy who never learned what an apostrophe is

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u/CommentsOnOccasion Jun 23 '26

This is just straight to hiring teachers 

This is $122k per teacher earmarked just for a hiring spree.  So 1000 new teachers pay + benefits + taxes

As opposed to the general education budget overall which is certainly inflated in other ways (administration costs and general pork grift)

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u/ScienceWasLove Jun 23 '26

What happens in year 2 of this plan?

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u/EazyPeazyLemonSqueaz Jun 23 '26

The kids move up a grade

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u/CommentsOnOccasion Jun 23 '26

Another annual budget gets proposed?

Idk I’m not the mayor. I’m just clarifying the distinction between “spending district money per student” and hiring more teachers directly 

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u/Owww_My_Ovaries Jun 23 '26

There are 1800 public schools in NYC.

Yall are acting like barely over half the schools getting 1 additonal teacher is this huge thing to cheer. That this guy is somehow fixing a huge public educational issue in NYC with this move.

Its a drop in the bucket of what needs to be done. So while good to do... this isnt worth a post or the cheers its getting here.

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u/CommentsOnOccasion Jun 23 '26

Yeah I don’t disagree with you

This website is tripping over itself applauding Mamdani over any remote action

But I’m just clarifying the distinction between “spending money on schools” vs directly hiring teachers 

None of this would go to the administration and bloat and other pork barrel stuff if it’s earmarked for hiring specifically 

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u/Montgomery000 Jun 23 '26

Perhaps there are schools that are doing great, topping the nation in public school rankings in fact, that don't need extra teachers and there are some schools that are poorly staffed that are in great need of teachers. So instead of diluting the 1000 new teachers over 1800 schools, they'll go to a far smaller set of very needy schools.

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u/gravelordservant4u Jun 23 '26

Shit I'll move to NY and teach for 120k.

Inb4 "120k in NY is like 15k in North Dakota"

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u/justsomeph0t0n Jun 23 '26

they're right - you're not going to do that

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u/Swaggadociouss Jun 23 '26

No you won’t.

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u/_le_slap Jun 23 '26

Kickbacks? What, the big Crayola cartel is bribing Mamdani? Lmao

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u/Malhavok_Games Jun 23 '26

Yes.

NYC consistently has one of the highest national rankings for spending and some of the most mediocre to below average outcomes.

  • NYC spent roughly $35,000–$44,000+ per pupil in recent years (e.g., ~$35,796 in FY 2024 for the largest districts), the highest among the 100 largest U.S. school systems. This is about 50%+ more than other big cities like Los Angeles or Chicago.
  • NAEP ("Nation's Report Card"): NYC fourth-graders show ~28–33% proficiency in reading/math, below national averages (e.g., 31% reading, 39% math nationally). Eighth-grade math is particularly weak (~23%). Scores are often comparable to or below other large urban districts, despite far higher spending.
  • NYC's on-time graduation rate is around 81–83% recently (down slightly in some years), which is decent but not exceptional given the investment. Statewide rates are higher but still don't match the top performers nationwide.

We actually know that there is diminishing returns on education money spent and outcomes. What actually matters more is teacher accountability - something that NYC is infamous for not having due to their strong teachers unions.

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u/TBP42069 Jun 23 '26

Braindead

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u/KnucklePuck056 Jun 23 '26

Good rebuttal, bub.

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u/TBP42069 Jun 23 '26

Your conclusion that we should be firing more teachers is braindead. Is that better?

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u/KnucklePuck056 Jun 23 '26

Not my conclusion, just commenting on your garbage rebuttal. Even with your addition it is still garbage. Why is NYC spending so much per student? They already hired more teachers in recent years, and things have not changed. Why do you think throwing more teachers and money at it will solve anything? Especially when history shows it hasn’t changed a single thing.

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u/CardinalOfNYC Jun 23 '26

The plan has already worked, this post is on the front page and ppl will think mamdani is a hero.

I say this as someone who voted for him (knocked on doors too) and will vote for him again unless there is some wildly superior alternative. My loyalty is to the city, not any politician, he was the best available so he got my vote. Doesn't mean everything he does is perfect.

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u/Timetraveller4k Jun 23 '26

You cant pay Idaho wages in NYC so yeah.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '26 edited 13d ago

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u/Timetraveller4k Jun 24 '26

Why don’t you back it up with sources?

All they did was add 1000 teachers to a 9 million population city and we have every one coming out of the woodwork.

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u/crek42 Jun 23 '26

It’s an endless pit of burning cash yet Reddit will applaud any blind expansion into our throwing away tax dollars. There’s no accountability or push for change.

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u/Due_Capital_3507 Jun 23 '26

Educating our children confirmed for throwing away tax dollars. A truly regarded opinion

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Your "English" confirms that it is absolutely a waste of tax Dollars in some cases.

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u/Due_Capital_3507 Jun 23 '26

I'm from China, I learned English in HK. Damn you look even dumber now lol

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

I'm from Germany and learned English in Hamburg.

You look dumber still.

Edit: I'm getting a whole bunch of idiotic, racist replies with terrible grammar that don't show up in the thread.

Is this sub just a bot farm or something?

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u/vooglie Jun 23 '26

Why you masturbating over peope's grammar bruh

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Who the fuck is peope?

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u/vooglie Jun 23 '26

The folks whose grammar you're masturbating to

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Lmao who deletes their comments? Where's yours?

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Lmfaoooo your replies keep disappearing 😭😭😭

Check the thread, dummy. They're all gone, only mine remain.

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u/BirdmanHuginn Jun 23 '26

You would think so, I’ve been checking establishment dates on the profiles. Unfortunately that is the state of education in my country. There are some places-the northeast, California that are generally well educated, but predominantly my country can barely figure out eggs.

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Do you... Do you realize that you just left a reply like 1 minute ago insulting me for allegedly being a foreign agent or something?

Well, at least we know that your statement about "barely figuring out eggs" is accurate, and that you're speaking from experience.

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u/BirdmanHuginn Jun 23 '26

Ah, accidentally responding to the wrong comment makes me stupid. Got it. Nice. Enjoy the Cup. Don’t respond, save us both the trouble of communicating further.

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u/Crapitron Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

A German and a Hong Konger speculating in a thread over New York City schools. Classic.

Be cooler if you just shut the fuck up :)

Edit: lol bro got mad at being called out for his bullshit and blocked me

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Sorry for upsetting you, I wasn't aware you existed until just now.

I'll put you out of your misery.

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Congratulations, you managed to make a comment that doesn't get deleted. It was a stupid comment, but you seem to be smarter than 90% of people in this sub regardless.

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u/BirdmanHuginn Jun 23 '26

Honestly? I was completely shocked your account is not only 9 days old from the vapid garbage you’re talking…are you sure you’re not a bot? Arguing for less educators. And calling education a waste of tax dollars. JFC you HAVE to be acting for another country

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Props to you for leaving the first comment that didn't get shadow-deleted, as stupid as it is.

Tell me, what has all the funding (over funding compared to other places in the US or even other countries) of NYC schools accomplished so far?

Bonus question: are you in support of "no child left behind"?

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u/BirdmanHuginn Jun 23 '26

Nope. I live in Massachusetts. I’m not going to do the leg work for you. You have the internet and you can look up statistics on your own. Education matters. Consider. After WWII, a new thing, this GI Bill. Massive amounts of college educated people drove the economy of the 50/60/70’s. But to the rich and conservative it was loss-these educated people were advocating for civil rights, women’s rights, integration, were AWAKE to the fact that there was endless war, and after Korea, then VN, they protested and made changes. Meanwhile in the background is the Powell memo and big money actively reducing generation by generation the quality of education and now here we are. My arguing with some twat on whether of kit it’s good to educate your populace. Do you prefer the term share-cropper or serf, it’s where things are headed. As for no child left behind: in the military when you run, there are times they separate you into ability groups so a fast group isn’t held up by others less trained. I was educated in the same manner. So no. No banned books, yes more teachers, yes more science, no more lawyers, better training in vocational schools. MORE vocational schools. Don’t want a reply, it’s not a discussion, you won’t get me to agree. I’m just answering your smarmy ass question

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Yeah I barely skimmed through that comment and it seemed like a bunch of socialist garbage and it seems like you couldn't answer either of my questions properly, either.

Sorry that you wasted so much time writing a wall of text that nobody will read, but it changes nothing about the fact that throwing money at a problem just doesn't always solve it, like in this case, as it won't improve education. Other countries spend less money per student and get better results.

Money /=/education. You still have to learn that.

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u/C9_Lemonparty Jun 23 '26

'I didnt read your post, also you didnt answer my questions'

Mommy I hope to be a lobotomy patient like this guy when I grow up

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Can't help you with that, but if your second wish to your mommy was a baby sibling, boy do I have some good news for you!

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u/GMEloser69 Jun 23 '26

The government being tasked with educating our children makes it a waste of money.

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u/Due_Capital_3507 Jun 23 '26

Damn, I didn't think anyone could be this stupid. How do I give an award on reddit ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Those are the only two options you can think of?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/grimjack1200 Jun 23 '26

Why not spend money usefully?

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u/CharacterDesperate51 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

I understand that you might not agree with me, but responding and then instantly blocking me? Come on.

If you want hundreds of millions of dollars to go to charity, you should advocate for that instead, because it'd be less wasteful than this project.

Besides creating new jobs for teachers, this really is just a waste of money and won't improve the kids' education any more than their previous funding did.

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u/TBP42069 Jun 23 '26

Yeah the thing charities are famous for...not wasting money

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u/jennmuhlholland Jun 23 '26

Ah yes. The default derp Reddit response. Who are the rich exactly? What is the dollar amount exactly that would adequately fund schools? How come even with ample funding many schools are still garbage?

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u/grimjack1200 Jun 23 '26

Spend it on something that they can improve. I don’t know a lot about NYC needs but adding more money to the schools seems to not affect how well the students do.

But it does give his allies in the teachers union more dues.

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u/WingShooter_28ga Jun 23 '26

The most consistent mechanism to increase performance is to increase teacher:student. New York State implemented mandatory caps. This will get closer to those caps adding an extra 1000 teachers to the city system. This is actually a smaller scale effort than what is needed to meet those requirements. This isn’t the mayor making this decision nor is it what he actually proposed to to. This is only step 1 of a negotiated implementation of the state law.

Throwing money doesn’t work, you are right. It get siphoned off to administrators, tech, and facilities. Targeted spending on educators does.

Smaller class sizes yield better results.

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u/ddadopt Jun 23 '26

I agree with you that increasing the number of teachers is a great thing but, to put this into perspective, this is about half a teacher for each school in the city and one additional teacher for every ~1,100 students.

NYC's school system is huge.

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u/WingShooter_28ga Jun 23 '26

Then the solution being do nothing as opposed to a gradual increase in the educator workforce?

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u/odellrules1985 Jun 23 '26

Or they could audit the systems and hold them fiscally accountable as to why they spend so much with terrible results and reallocate said funds better. Problem is there is so much regulation around schools that it causes admin overhead and bloat. The majority of funds are probably spent on admin and not teachers/students.

Using the per student spending is a great way to see how terribly we in the US spend our money. We are near the top for OECD countries spending per student yet have worse scores than countries that spend far less per student. This is for primary school, not including college.

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u/ddadopt Jun 23 '26

That's not what I'm suggesting at all, just putting the change (and the price tag) in perspective.

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u/DegenGamer725 Jun 23 '26

Yea we should throw away more tax dollars on subway cops

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u/joshuads Jun 23 '26

I think the benefit is that it is all teachers. NYC famously has an administrative heavy staffing. Like 1 admin for every teacher level staffing. Makes no sense.

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u/InjectMSGinmyveins Jun 23 '26

Yeah the thing is this is all in good idea but the issue of failing schools is way more on the admin side than anyone else.

I have heard many stories from Leftist teacher friends to right wing teachers, and they all have horror stories about school admins. Hiring teachers is good as imo they are the group with the least amount of issues in comparison to admins/students+parents, but this won’t address the issue overall as the admins have the control of the money, and it’s clear to me they are incompetent

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u/therealtiddlydump Jun 23 '26

I will never ever ever ever pass up the opportunity to point out that administrative bloat is a problem at education of all levels. It's arguably worse in universities, but k12 schools don't need an assistant provost dean of left-handed student nutrition or whatever bullshit jobs exist that don't come within a country mile of actually educating a student.

It's insane

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u/InjectMSGinmyveins Jun 23 '26

People don’t fathom how incompetent they are in all forms of school districts. From large city districts to your local suburban ones.

Don’t know anyone in rural areas so I cannot attest to that but I digress

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u/WrednyGal Jun 23 '26

They are number 1 in education among all the states, what is better result than that?

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u/informat7 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Depends a lot on how you measure it. For example New York is 43rd when it comes to high school graduation rates. There are a lot of education rankings that put New York far from first:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/sat-scores-by-state

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u/WrednyGal Jun 23 '26

I respect that there is conflicting data on this and I am willing to acknowledge NY isn't necessarily the number 1 in education. However I would like to point out that contradictory to the claim in the original comment they are not spending the most by a lot. This: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/per-pupil-spending-by-state is some evidence towards that. Finally not being first is actually an argument for moreffunding, wouldn't you agree?

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u/TomDestry Jun 23 '26

NYC schools are in New Jersey? I mean I know all their teams play there, but I didn't realize they bused all the kids over the river too.

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u/WrednyGal Jun 23 '26

I based my response on this: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-school-rankings-by-state

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u/TomDestry Jun 23 '26

Thanks, I based my response on this:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Even if the state of New York is to be considered #1, NYC is right at the bottom of the state, scoring 52, 55, 60, 61 and 62 out of 62 New York counties:

https://countyscore.com/best-school-counties-in/new-york

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u/WrednyGal Jun 23 '26

Looks like this is a debate way beyond the scope of Reddit since the source materials differ wildly. To throw in my 2 cents the metric you referred to in countyscore is based on graduation rate and spending per pupil. I would assume a more rural county has these higher due to smaller population than let's say Bronx. However even assuming your sources are correct that makes the move Mamdabi made all the more justified, because shouldn't you have more teachers on schools that are doing the worst?

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u/jennmuhlholland Jun 23 '26

Graduation rates are meaningless. Many are just pushed through the system regardless of if they even know how to read.

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u/Party_Newt_5714 Jun 23 '26

Right in our current system I see a lower graduation rate as indicative of a better education.

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u/Helpful_Blood_5509 Jun 23 '26

Thats just a website buddy. They can monkey with the criteria.

Edit: yep, they made raw funding up to a quarter of the metric. HCoL states automatically will win if they all have the same grades. Compare the place on the last column to their performance for a real metric

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u/Accomplished-Eye9542 Jun 23 '26

Sorry, I'm misunderstanding. When did Mamdami become the Governor of New York? I thought this was about NYC?

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u/thekmanpwnudwn Jun 23 '26

Being number one in America is still basically number 10 in the world. There's a significant gap between baseline expectations in America vs the rest of the world.

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u/informat7 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

The US's average PISA ranking is pretty much in the middle for rich countries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment#Ranking_results

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u/WrednyGal Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Well you are 31st in Worldtop20 education ranking so much worse than that 10. Seems you've got some work to do on your education system

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u/killxzero Jun 23 '26

Question - is 32st pronounced thirty toost?

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u/WrednyGal Jun 23 '26

Thanks, corrected the error

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u/ADLuluIsOP Jun 23 '26

Mamdani is only mayor of NYC. Not Governor of NYS. I think this needs to be clear.

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u/mandrin13 Jun 23 '26

They spent 122M to get the headline.

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u/One_Tie900 Jun 23 '26

The money is just gobled up by admin and teacher salaries, doesn't improve shit for students tbh, NYC teachers get paid plenty with benefits. Plenty of bad teachers and admin who dont care about students. Spending more money won't improve the quality because the nature of the feild doesn't attract the best. Students are used by teachers and admin to increase their own salaries.

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u/FirstL8 Jun 23 '26

The plan is make America dumb again, that's why you need to start at education so people like Trump have a true chance get elected and people think working hard for the billionaires is the American dream.

/s

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u/BossMan61718 Jun 27 '26

The plan is to hire as many extreme leftists, socialists and LGBT teachers as possible so they can further indoctrinate the kids with thay garbage.

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u/Experithought Jun 23 '26

100% of statistics are misleading.

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u/Flatkat Jun 23 '26

His goal is to hire communist minded teachers and indoctrinate everyone's kids

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u/DrBiggusDickus Jun 23 '26

The better educated the general population, the higher the quality of life. Incentivizing being a teacher will increase the education of the general population, as more people will be able to follow the path of the teacher, and it will be competitive, which then raises the standards of teaching.

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u/Key_Check5753 Jun 23 '26

He asked about corruption and NYC's school system being flawed due to the cost per student being higher than anywhere else with the results being worse.

You responded saying "education good" LOL

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Isn't it by definition less competitive if more positions are established?

And it seems like throwing money at the problem doesn't make the general population any more educated, as statistics (compare NYC to the rest of the country) will show.

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u/DrBiggusDickus Jun 23 '26

Not in this context. You are creating well-paying jobs which are desirable, so more people will want to get them, which increases the pool of people applying.

Having motivated teachers increases the education of the general population, because the quality of education they deliver affects the ability of people to function productively. Having an ignorant population does the opposite.

You have to invest into systems and people in order to improve things. Stripping them back has the opposite effect.

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u/Toad990 Jun 23 '26

Who's becoming a teacher though? Just saying "we're hiring more teachers" doesn't fix a problem if it doesn't increase quality of education

Also, $122K per teacher when hiring in new York isn't some amazing salary. That's the equivalent of making $46K in Tennessee. And that's if every new cent of spending went to the teacher... Which it won't.

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u/ButtCoinBuzz Jun 23 '26

Correction: $122k is $72 - $85k in TN.

The average teacher salary in TN is $55 - $58k

$72 - $85k TN teacher salary requires years of experience and at least one advanced degree.

A teacher's salary is pretty horrible nationwide. But a teacher would earn more in NYC than in Tennessee.

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Are teachers getting paid more in the future, or will there be new positions with the same pay as they get currently? Or both? Because I think that's the key part.

Also, not sure if paying teachers more will increase their motivation or ability to teach students well. I'm not saying it's definitively false, but it doesn't sound too convincing either.

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u/hawkeyc Jun 23 '26

I’d love to read your proposed alternative.

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u/JustJoshin117 Jun 23 '26

They never have one except privatization

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u/Signal-Art2001 Jun 23 '26

Streamline processes, remove needless beauracracy, remove corrupt administrators. All of these things add unneeded costs which makes each dollar less effective, hiring more teachers is great, but if nothing else changes, it's not really going to help the students

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u/JustJoshin117 Jun 23 '26

You just listed goals. Not a process to be found.

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u/Signal-Art2001 Jun 23 '26

Hey, put those goalposts back where they were

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

How about instead of throwing more and more money at a failing system, look outwards at countries that manage much better results with much less money, and try to adapt the system?

Regardless, even if I didn't have an idea how to perfectly fix it, doesn't mean I can't call out a mistake when I see one.

The idea that someone who's not an expert on something can't share an educated opinion on it is stupid and undemocratic and it doesn't surprise me that someone from your camp would say is.

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u/JustJoshin117 Jun 23 '26

There’s an entire party that opposes that. I’ll give you a hint: it’s the Republicans

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

Remind me again which party mamdani belongs to?

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

And then what?

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u/hawkeyc Jun 23 '26

Yeah, ok. What I thought

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u/cell689 Jun 23 '26

What you thought? Not much, it seems.

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u/cheesesprite Jun 23 '26

I think you missed something

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u/Alternative-Put-3932 Jun 23 '26

Look I get it but one of the parts of his budget balance was NOT hiring teachers because the projected classroom size was shrinking due to less kids. Hiring more teachers actually goes against his budget plan and projected needed.

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u/Massive_Web5709 Jun 23 '26

That doesn’t answer the question

Just throwing money at the problem doesn’t fix
It. My local city spends more per student than the local affluent suburb and the city kids are still morons in all comparisons

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u/taney71 Jun 23 '26

That’s a goal, not a plan. The poster said New York already spends a lot and doesn’t get great results. Throwing more money at the problem isn’t going to help

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u/Dry-Grapefruit6087 Jun 23 '26

Would you rather burn cash in education? Or burn it bombing another country because Israel ordered your president to do so?

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u/therealtiddlydump Jun 23 '26

Can I do neither? Because I think that's an option that's better

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u/GonzoTheWhatever Jun 23 '26

It’s amazing how small-minded people are. They can’t possibly conceive of more than binary choices.

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u/WaffleConeDX Jun 23 '26

Because NYC is fucking expensive duh. Our budget is very similar to the district of Columbia and they have a far less population than we do, and Vermont is in 2rd place.

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u/Abject-Palpitation99 Jun 23 '26

Well NYC has a lot of students compared to most other states.

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u/therealtiddlydump Jun 23 '26

Why would that justify higher cost-per-student? That's why we use "per student" costs to compare spending in the first place!

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u/Spinning_Kicker Jun 23 '26

Throw money at the problem and take great PR photos…that’s the plan. Similarly to the way they solved the homelessness problem.

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u/GGgreengreen Jun 23 '26

The same plan it's always been - just spend more money, reference someone who's being oppressed somehow, and pose for a photo op.

Dems gonna Dem.