Making Kids Smarter40Old School / New School / Next School

Episode 40 · March 5, 2026

Dom discusses an outrageously wasteful school spending example.

Dom discusses an outrageously wasteful school spending example. In Chicago, one school is squandering over 93k per student per year, while resulting in a 0% math proficiency rate for students. How can this happen?

Topic
Making Kids Smarter
Runtime
25m

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