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United States Spends $23 Billion More on White Districts Than Nonwhite Ones
Education Week
Amid strikes in multiple states, students take a stand in support of their teachers
ThinkProgress
Minnesota's school funding formula provides some students of color less than their white peers
MPR News
Report Finds Predominantly White Schools Receive $23B More Than Everyone Else
KPBS
Study: Majority-White US Schools Get $23 Billion More Than Non-White
Voice of America
Arizona schools are spending more in the classroom, but not as much as in 2004
Arizona Republic
Inequality Prevails: White Public Schools Much Better Funded Than Nonwhite Schools
Care2
Separate But Not Equal: Report Finds Majority-White School Districts Received $23B More in Funding Than Nonwhite Ones
Atlanta Black Star
Limited School Choice For Native Americans; Oakland Teachers Reach Deal To End Strike
NPR
"Best of the Week"
The Grade
Urban Review: Unequal School Funding, A Note on Upzoning, Covering Pedestrian Deaths and More
The Urban Edge
5 things to know for February 28: North Korea, Cohen, India & Pakistan, school funds
CNN
February 28, 2019: What to Know
Boise Weekly
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019
FiveThirtyEight
SD News Roundup: The Different Faces of Segregation
School Diversity Notebook
Arizona should be ashamed that heavily minority districts are being shorted $129M
Arizona Mirror
Report: Significant funding gaps persist between white and low-income, nonwhite districts
Education Dive
New Report Shows Non-White Schools Receive $23 Billion Less In Funding
Essence
New School Funding Report Shows the Effects of Segregation Persist
Next City
Predominantly White Schools Received $23 Billion More than Diverse Districts: Report
RealClearLife
Majority White School Districts Are Way, Way Richer Than Majority Nonwhite School Districts
Jezebel
Photo Source: TNEWS New Report Proves Non-White School Districts Receive $23B Less Funding Than Those Predominantly White
The Hollywood Unlocked
A new report finds predominantly white school districts get $23 billion more in funding than nonwhite ones
CNN
School Districts Serving Students of Color Fall Short on Funding by $23 Billion
The Beat DC
Report: White School Districts In Texas Have $830 More Per Student
HPPR
U.S. Spends $23B More on White Districts Than Nonwhite Districts, Report Says
Education Week
$23 Billion Funding Gap Exists Between White and Nonwhite School Districts, Report Finds
The New York Times
America’s $23 Billion School Funding Gap: Despite Court Rulings on Equity, New Report Finds Startling Racial Imbalance
The 74
White Students Get More K-12 Funding Than Students of Color: Report
U.S. News
Report finds $23 billion racial funding gap for schools
The Washington Post
Non-White School Districts Get $23 Billion Less Funding Than White Ones
Pacific Standard
America’s $23 Billion School Funding Gap: Despite Court Rulings on Equity, New Report Finds Startling Racial Imbalance
The 74
White Students Get More K-12 Funding Than Students of Color: Report
U.S. News
Report finds $23 billion racial funding gap for schools
The Washington Post
Study: White Arizona School Districts Get More Funding Than Non-White Districts
KJZZ
‘We still have a terribly inequitable system’: Study finds $23 billion school funding disparity
The Grio
Report: Majority-White Schools Get $23B More Than Non-Whit
Newsmax
Why White School Districts Have So Much More Money
NPR
Predominantly White School Districts Receive $23 Billion More In Funding Than Mostly Black And Brown Districts, Report Finds
Blavity
Majority-white school districts received $23 billion more in funding than nonwhite ones: report
The Hill
Non-White School Districts Get $23 Billion Less Funding Than White Ones
Pacific Standard
America’s $23 Billion School Funding Gap: Despite Court Rulings on Equity, New Report Finds Startling Racial Imbalance
The 74
White Students Get More K-12 Funding Than Students of Color: Report
U.S. News
Report finds $23 billion racial funding gap for schools
The Washington Post
Non-White School Districts Get $23 Billion Less Funding Than White Ones
Pacific Standard
REPORTS $23 Billion – The Disparity in Funding Between White and Nonwhite School Districts
Youth Today
School Colors | Mascots and mergers — the Conneaut Area Senior High School story
The Meadville Tribune
School Consolidation: Consolidation has many definitions beyond buildings
The Herald
Research: Sweeping School Consolidations Bear Mixed Results
U.S. News
Research: Sweeping School Consolidations Bear Mixed Results
U.S. News
Research: Sweeping School Consolidations Bear Mixed Results
U.S. News
State Needs to Help School District Mergers
Observer-Reporter
How Perverse Incentives Leave Struggling School Districts Behind
Pacific Standard
Cash-Strapped School Districts Left Behind by Wealthier Neighbors
U.S. News
In District Consolidations, States Leave Poor Residents Adrift, Study Says
Education Week
How Perverse Incentives Leave Struggling School Districts Behind
Pacific Standard
Cash-Strapped School Districts Left Behind by Wealthier Neighbors
U.S. News
New Report Blasts Pennsylvania Policy on School District Mergers
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Do PA Policies Leave Struggling School Districts Stranded?
KDKA
New Report: Most States Lack Power to Merge Struggling Districts With Wealthy Neighbors, Leaving Poor Districts Stranded
The 74
Cash-Strapped School Districts Left Behind by Wealthier Neighbors
U.S. News
New Report: Most States Lack Power to Merge Struggling Districts With Wealthy Neighbors, Leaving Poor Districts Stranded
The 74
How Perverse Incentives Leave Struggling School Districts Behind
Pacific Standard
New Report: Most States Lack Power to Merge Struggling Districts With Wealthy Neighbors, Leaving Poor Districts Stranded
The 74
Tennessee opened a Pandora’s box by lifting the ban on new school districts. Now on to the details.
Chalkbeat Tennessee
The Fight Over Teacher Salaries: A Look At The Numbers
NPR
Court Blocks White Alabama Community from Creating Its Own School System
U.S. News
Citing Racial Motive, Federal Appeals Court Blocks Alabama School Secession Plan
The 74
Appeals Court Rules Mostly White City Can't Form Segregated School District
Education Week
Court Blocks White Alabama Community from Creating Its Own School System
U.S. News
Citing Racial Motive, Federal Appeals Court Blocks Alabama School Secession Plan
The 74
Court Blocks White Alabama Community from Creating Its Own School System
U.S. News
Citing Racial Motive, Federal Appeals Court Blocks Alabama School Secession Plan
The 74
A Federal Appeals Court Just Dealt a Blow to School Segregation
Mother Jones
Here's What School Leaders in Memphis Suburbs Aren't Saying About the Cost of Secession
Chalkbeat Tennessee
The Sad Story of Public Education in St. Louis
The Washington Post
The Sad Story of Public Education in St. Louis
The Washington Post
The Sad Story of Public Education in St. Louis
The Washington Post
Germantown Tops Tennessee in High School Test Scores, Other Suburban Memphis Districts See Gains
Chalkbeat Tennessee
A ‘Told You So’ About Breakaway School Districts Leaves Out Urban District Left Behind
Chalkbeat Tennessee
New Districts Reignite School Segregation Debate
Wall Street Journal
School Segregation Didn’t Go Away. It Just Evolved.
Vox
Rise & Shine: Charter School Proposals Rejected By Memphis Leaders — For Now
Chalkbeat Tennessee
Signal Mountain Leaders Just Visited Shelby County to Learn About School Secession. Here Are Five Things We Heard.
Chalkbeat Tennessee
Could School Inequality Fuel Crime in Shelby County? One Report Points to That Possibility.
Commercial Appeal
Northgate secession: Opponents rally against what they see as national divisive trend
EastBay Times
Suburban Shelby schools land millions in funding for poor students
Commercial Appeal
CityLab
CityLab
DeVos Appoints CEO Of A Student Loan Company To Head Federal Aid Agency
Colorado Public Radio
White, wealthy communities are forming their own school districts
PBS NewsHour
School district secessions more difficult in Louisiana, but other states have more safeguards, report says
The Advocate
Rise & Shine: Signal Mountain leaders look to Shelby County as model for school district secession
Chalkbeat
DeVos Appoints CEO Of A Student Loan Company To Head Federal Aid Agency
NPR
Mother Jones
Mother Jones
Study lends credence to de-merger criticism
Commercial Appeal
Report: Small Colorado school districts embolden to split for more money
The Denver Channel
When neighborhoods break out of larger districts, the remaining schools suffer
Education Dive
School segregation is getting worse as wealthier, white areas form splinter districts
Yahoo News
Report: De-merger of schools in Shelby County cemented inequities in public education
Commercial Appeal
Signal Mountain leaders look to Shelby County as model for school district secession
Chalkbeat
Report: Small Colorado School Districts Embolden to Split for More Money
KMGH-TV
Hello? Hello? SCS, do you have an answer — any answer — on Germantown's offer for 3Gs?
Commercial Appeal
New report blasts Colorado for allowing tiny districts to net more school funding by breaking away from larger districts
Chalkbeat
Hopson: Race, equity were concerns leading up to formation of municipal schools
Commercial Appeal
Rise & Shine: Memphis-Shelby County spotlighted in national report on school district secession
Chalkbeat
When Communities Secede From School Districts, Inequity & Segregation Follow. But 30 States Let It Happen Anyway
The 74
Schools Become Whiter and Wealthier in Communities That Secede From Districts
Education Week
White, Wealthy Communities Want Their Own Schools
U.S. News
Seceding school districts leave vulnerable kids behind
Pacific Standard
New National Report Critical of School Secession in Alabama
WBHM
Alabama second in nation in school district secessions, report says
AL.com
Report ranks Alabama second in school breakaway rates as appeals court looks at Gardendale case
North Jefferson News
Memphis-Shelby County spotlighted in national report on school district secession
Chalkbeat
School districts across the country are breaking apart, but Indianapolis is already divided
Chalkbeat
Study criticizes TN law on school district secession, cites Shelby, Hamilton County examples
Humphrey on the Hill
Take a Number: 71
Sacramento Bee
Denver Area Schools Continue to Battle Segregation and Related Issues
Denver Post
The Quiet Wave of School District Secessions
U.S. News
WHITES ONLY: SCHOOL SEGREGATION IS BACK, FROM BIRMINGHAM TO SAN FRANCISCO
Newsweek
Study: Pa. is "Wild West" of property taxes
Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Bordering schools are haves, have-nots
Quad-City Times
School Segregation In America, 60 Years After Brown V. Board Of Education
WVXU
The Most Economically Segregated School Districts
U.S. News
School funding lawsuit set for hearing today
Philadelphia Public School Notebook
An F-Minus for America’s Schools From a Fed-Up Judge
The New York Times
Dayton area’s segregation problem in school districts
Dayton Daily News
In St. Louis schools, water fountains are symbols of inequality again
Chicago Tribune
Dividing lines: BH schools at-risk numbers warp the economics
The Herald Palladium
Vecinos desiguales: las mayores diferencias entre distritos escolares adyacentes en EEUU
Univision
San Antonio, Alamo Heights schools among the most economically segregated in Texas
My San Antonio
Are Grosse Pointe schools to blame for economic divide?
Grosse Pointe News
Texas schools aren't among the most economically segregated in U.S.
Houston Chronicle
Unpacking Income Disparities Between Two Colorado School Districts
KUNC
Tony Messenger: In St. Louis schools, water fountains are again symbols of inequality
Salt Lake Tribune
In Houston and elsewhere, segregation along school-district lines
Houston Chronicle
America's most segregating school district borders
Flypaper Blog
A tale of two fountains
Daily Kos
In St. Louis schools, water fountains are symbols of inequality again
The Washington Post
The Most Economically Segregated School District Boundaries in the Country
The Urban Edge
District Hot Spots Identified for Economic Segregation
Education Week
Interview: Fresno Area Schools Among Top 50 Economically Segregated In US
KVPR
Ohio schools No. 1 in economic segregation
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Segregation’s Next Format
Valley News
Thumbs up, Thumbs down
Democrat and Chronicle
DOJ: Gardendale school system would 'cut the heart' out of county desegregation efforts
AL.com
Central New York has most segregated school district border in state, report finds
Syracuse.com
A Southern city wants to secede from its school district, raising concerns about segregation
The Washington Post
A stark income divide along the border of two Colorado school districts
Chalkbeat Colorado
Economic divide between schools shortchanges our kids
Sacramento Bee
Report says Fresno-area schools among most economically segregated in U.S.
Fresno Bee
Agreeing with Trump, Sort of? Political Correctness and Segregation
Ahead of the Heard
Education Law Prof Blog: The Nation's Most Socio-economically Segregated Schools
National Education Policy Center
These are the most staggeringly unequal neighboring school districts in America
Fusion
It’s Time We Took a Closer Look at Our School District Borders
Pacific Standard
Data Showing American Schools Are Still Segregated By Race & Class Should Inspire A Call For Major Change
Bustle
These School District Borders Separate The Haves From The Have Nots
The Huffington Post
Study shows income segregation among districts of Birmingham area schools
WBRC
Grosse Pointe, Detroit Schools Most Economically Segregated in U.S.: Report
Grosse Pointe Patch
Report: 50 of the Most Segregating School Districts Are in the North, Not the South
Atlanta Black Star
The Most Segregating School-District Borders in America
The Atlantic
REPORT: American Students Are Still Segregated by Income, Race
ColorLines
Roanoke, Roanoke County school borders among 'most segregated' in Virginia, report says
The Roanoke Times
Study: Economic segregation in ROC among worst in U.S.
Democrat and Chronicle
EdBuild ranks nation's most segregating school district borders
Education Dive
Where Rich and Poor School Districts are Side by Side
WNYC
Milwaukee Has One Of The Most Segregating School District Borders In The Country
WPR
Study of School District Borders Shows US, AL Economic Segregation
WBHM
Study examines how district boundaries exacerbate school segregation
Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Detroit, Grosse Pointe school districts most economically segregated in U.S., report says
MLive
Three of America's most segregating school district borders are in Michigan, report says
State of Opportunity
Nancy Kaffer: Racial divide sharp in Michigan schools
Detroit Free Press
America's Starkest School District Border: Detroit-Grosse Pointe
Deadline Detroit
A Block Away, But A World Apart: Detroit And Grosse Pointe Schools Have Largest Poverty Divide In Nation
Daily Detroit
New study reveals Alabama among the most educationally segregated states in America
Alabama Today
Birmingham schools, neighboring systems among most income segregated in US, report shows
AL.com
Morning Education: Shifting attitudes on vouchers, teacher pay
Politico
The 50 Most Segregating School Borders In America
NPR
This List Shows You How Divided America’s Schools Are
Mother Jones
EdBuild Report Spotlights 50 Most-Segregating School District Borders
Education Week
Report Names the 50 Most-Segregating School District Boundaries by Income
Education Week
Where School District Borders Are Invisible Fences
CityLab
Where are America's most economically segregated schools?
Christian Science Monitor
In Detroit and across the U.S., school district borders segregate in a dramatic way
Chalkbeat
"Island" School Districts: A Story of Haves and Have Nots
Governing
'Islands' That Separate Education Haves From Have-Nots
NPR
What We're Watching: Maps Showing How School Funding Works in Each State
Education Next
Does School Choice Help Close the Graduation Gap?
The Progressive
Post navigation Report: Students in LA get far less bang for their educational buck
LA School Report
Detroit teachers head back to work, but education crisis remains unresolved
The Washington Post
“A National Disgrace”: Explaining the Past, Present, and Future of Detroit Public Schools
The 74
Do rich schools benefit more from the California lottery than poor schools?
KPCC
The problem with your lottery tickets and school funding
Los Angeles Times
EdBuild: Our Focus is Funding
Education Post
EdBuild: How a New Player in the Ed Reform Game Is Skipping the Usual Battle Lines to Focus on Funding
The 74
New Map: School Funding Inequality, Often Measured By State, Is Far Worse Nationally Than You Think
The 74
Education in 2015 Visualized
The Atlantic
Two Proposals, Two Ways to Dole Out Title I Money
Education Week
49% of students attend school in high-poverty districts
Education Dive
"Sorry, I'm Not Taking This Test"
Mother Jones
How Maine’s childhood poverty was changed by the Great Recession, in one interactive map
Bangor Daily News
Watch Poverty in School Districts Escalate Before Your Very Eyes
CityLab
The Emerging U.S. Childhood Poverty Crisis: America Catches a Cold, Black People Have Pneumonia
Atlanta Black Star
40% of Michigan students live in high-poverty school districts
State of Opportunity
One alarming map shows what today’s school ‘reformers’ are missing
The Washington Post
This Map Shows How Many More Students Are Living In Poverty Than 9 Years Ago
The Huffington Post
Map: How student poverty has increased since the Great Recession
The Washington Post
The borders of rich and poor that divide America
Mashable
Nuance is complicated, but sometimes it matters
Flypaper Blog
MAP: Student poverty higher in rural areas
StateHouse Report
The Week In Data: Road Trips, School Segregation, And Bowling Strategy
FiveThirtyEight
Little Rock schools desegregated 59 years old. Now ‘we are retreating to 1957.’
The Washington Post
Housing and zoning policies affect the poverty level of schools as well as neighborhoods
The Seattle Times
How property taxes keep Florida students in impoverished school districts
Orlando Weekly
How school district boundaries are gerrymandered to keep poor kids segregated
Vox
How School Districts Seal Their Students Into Poverty
CityLab
Poverty rates in every U.S. school district, in one map
The Washington Post
EdBuild Seeks to Bring Innovation to Struggling School Systems
Opportunity Lives