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Summer 2023
50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt: The Shaky Foundations of U.S. School Funding
By Stan Karp
Karp describes the origins of the unjust U.S. patchwork system of funding schools and envisions funding justice.
School Debt: The Great Unequalizer
By Eleni Schirmer
As Schirmer writes: “School districts with the fewest resources pay the most to borrow.” Given the underfunding of schools, debt amplifies existing inequalities.
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