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> because much of the USA has a stunningly bad system of using property taxes to pay for schools. This might have been true once upon a time, but pushes in Sta
by brandmeyer 6y ago
> because much of the USA has a stunningly bad system of using property taxes to pay for schools.
This might have been true once upon a time, but pushes in State and Federal funding over the last couple of decades have mostly filled in the gaps. Take a careful look at district funding per-pupil in your state and you might be surprised. While there certainly are differences, they are nowhere near as large as they were in the past.
- mavelikara 6y ago> Take a careful look at district funding per-pupil in your state Off-topic, but where can I find this data for CA?
- mrep 6y agoThis website has extremely informative visualizations that show how state and federal funding for school fills in those gaps: https://apps.urban.org/features/school-funding-do-poor-kids-get-fair-share/ https://apps.urban.org/features/school-funding-do-poor-kids-...
- brandmeyer 6y agoNot really off-topic, IMO. The state department of education has it for state-level statistics in CO and NC. CO even publishes a browser in map form. Local school districts publish their own local budgets in these states, too. That doesn't directly answer your question, but that's where I think you should start.