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Public schools have been a driver of class inequality for decades. With neighborhoods segregated by wealth and schools funded by property taxes, public schools
by istjohn 6y ago
Public schools have been a driver of class inequality for decades. With neighborhoods segregated by wealth and schools funded by property taxes, public schools have long only amplified class disparities.
- mrep 6y agoI thought that too but this article [0] with really good graphics shows how the federal and state government give out funding selectively to counteract that such that 47 states actually allocate more per-student funding to poor kids than to nonpoor kids and according to the article, it has been this way since at least 1995. [0]: https://apps.urban.org/features/school-funding-do-poor-kids-get-fair-share/ https://apps.urban.org/features/school-funding-do-poor-kids-...