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Cross-referencing and education data, researchers found that that a majority of all public school students in one third of Americas states now come from low-income families. All of this leads to an obvious conclusion: If America was serious about fixing the troubled parts of its education system, then we would be having a fundamentally different conversation. We wouldnt be talking about budget austerity—we would be talking about raising public revenues to fund special tutoring, child care, basic health programs and other so-called wrap-around services at low-income schools. We wouldnt only be looking to make sure that schools in high-poverty districts finally receive the same amount of public money as schools in wealthy neighborhoods—we would make sure high-poverty districts actually receive more funds than rich districts because combating poverty is such a resource-intensive endeavor. More broadly, we wouldnt be discussing cuts to social safety net programs—we would instead be working to expand those programs and, further, to challenge both parties anti-tax, anti-regulation, pro-austerity agenda that has increased poverty and economic inequality.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 18:06:33 +0000

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