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The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
School district secessions more difficult in Louisiana, but other states have more safeguards, report says
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
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
How Maine’s childhood poverty was changed by the Great Recession, in one interactive map
Boise Weekly (Idaho)
February 28, 2019: What to Know
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
Signal Mountain Leaders Just Visited Shelby County to Learn About School Secession. Here Are Five Things We Heard.
Rise & Shine: Charter School Proposals Rejected By Memphis Leaders — For Now
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
In St. Louis schools, water fountains are symbols of inequality again
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
Ohio schools No. 1 in economic segregation
Colorado Public Radio (Colorado)
DeVos Appoints CEO Of A Student Loan Company To Head Federal Aid Agency
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
Hopson: Race, equity were concerns leading up to formation of municipal schools
Hello? Hello? SCS, do you have an answer — any answer — on Germantown's offer for 3Gs?
Daily Detroit (Detroi, MI)
A Block Away, But A World Apart: Detroit And Grosse Pointe Schools Have Largest Poverty Divide In Nation
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
Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
Report says Fresno-area schools among most economically segregated in U.S.
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
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
Humphrey on the Hill (Tennessee)
Study criticizes TN law on school district secession, cites Shelby, Hamilton County examples
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
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
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
North Jefferson News (North Jefferson County, Alabama)
Report ranks Alabama second in school breakaway rates as appeals court looks at Gardendale case
Observer-Reporter (Pennsylvania)
State Needs to Help School District Mergers
Orlando Weekly (Orlando, FL)
How property taxes keep Florida students in impoverished 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
Quad-City Times (Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois)
Bordering schools are haves, have-nots
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
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
Valley News (Vermont/New Hampshire Upper Valley)
Segregation’s Next Format
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