Savage Inequalities

Why read it

• You will see how property tax funding ties a child's school to the wealth of the neighborhood
• You will be able to test the claim that money does not buy better education against what schools actually have
• You will be able to explain how where a child lives can limit what that child may become

Who it is for

• A parent choosing a neighborhood partly for its schools
• A voter who hears school funding debated and wants the facts
• A teacher or administrator working in an underfunded district

What the summary covers

1. Looking Backward: 1964 to 19911 min
2. Life on the Mississippi: East St. Louis4 min
3. Other People's Children: Chicago4 min
4. New York: Inequality Within a District3 min
5. Camden and New Jersey: What Money Buys3 min
6. Washington: The Equality of Innocence2 min
7. Texas: The Dream Deferred3 min

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