The Problem with Education Foundations: Wanting to support your own children’s education is understandable, but it also has unintended, pernicious effects. The school foundations are legally registered as public charities. When donors give to their own child’s school or district, they are making a charitable contribution that the federal government treats in the same way as a donation to a food bank or disaster relief. But charity like this is not relief for the poor. It is, in fact, the opposite. Private giving to public schools widens the gap between rich and poor. It exacerbates inequalities in financing. It is philanthropy in the service of conferring advantage on the already well-off. nytimes/2013/09/05/opinion/not-very-giving.html?emc=edit_tnt_20130904&tntemail0=y
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:15:53 +0000