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Starry Messenger

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3. Funding schools the way we do, from local taxes, also brings a lot of inequities.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 04:31 PM

Dec 2012

I believe in desegregation, but why were there "bad schools" in the first place? It isn't just schools that are segregated, but entire communities. All schools should be top of the line, with robust funding per pupil.

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The New Rise of Segregated Schools [View all] n2doc Dec 2012 OP

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