Is Public Education in America Funded Fairly?

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As a result of inadequate and disproportionate funding policies, students in American public schools are faced with inequitable access to education. This paper details the inequities that plague American education funding. It first specifies ways in which funding distribution discriminates against the poor and minorities. It also addresses the importance of money in improving schools and what is being done at the state and local levels to improve funding issues.

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"The question that then arises is how important money is to improving public education for all students. In an interview with Scherer (1992), Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities, says that when people doubt his theory that school problems can be solved with money, he is surprised, "as though it's bizarre to suggest that money would be the solution to poverty" (p. 9). Instead of using property tax to fund education, Kozol suggests that schools should be funded from a common pool of income tax that is graduated and progressive, and this money should be distributed evenly among all students."

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