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