The Slow and Glorious Death of America's Worst School System

Per-pupil spending of $27,500 hasn't helped Camden's schools. - The public school system is at "Def-Con 1," warned the mayor of Camden, New Jersey, the poorest and most dangerous city in America. In an open letter to the governor, the mayor described "horrendous conditions" in the schools, warning that the situation had "reached a critical stage." Camden's school system "relegates too many of our young men to criminal careers" and "lifetimes of dependency," he wrote.