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We& #39;ve got a new report out today that is particularly important in the face of the coming financial crisis, addresses a problem that everyone in the education community will face, and presents a simple but politically challenging solution Please take the time to read it. 1/10
For the time being, I& #39;ll give you the high-level takeaway: if we just shared local money at the county or state level the substantial majority of kids nationwide would get more money. That& #39;s 69% of ALL kids. See your state, district, or county here https://edbuild.org/content/clean-slate">https://edbuild.org/content/c... 2/10
This solution works for 48 states. And it disproportionately helps nonwhite (73%) and low-income (76%) students. 33 million students nationwide would have access to money that& #39;s already in their neighborhood - walled off by an arbitrary border. 3/10
Here& #39;s another way to read that: only 31% of kids in the country are winners under our current funding system. Opponents of the idea of sharing local wealth will call it "punitive and senseless" (yes, that& #39;s a subtweet). This report is NOT suggesting that we create losers 4/10
Rather, this report presents a simple concept - that we end the practice of an unfair funding system that benefits the few at the cost of many, and **clutches pearls** starts everyone off at a level footing. Why is this particularly important now? 5/10
This "state fills in the gap" funding scheme has never really worked. State money is volatile and states demonstrate that despite their best efforts they can& #39;t keep up with growing wealth inequality. This pandemic is about to show how very problematic this is. 6/10
When we subject our lowest income neighborhoods to the political and economic whims of the state, we put those children in the most vulnerable position. When state money dries up, low-income areas lose money for schools while the suburbs tend to do just fine 7/10
It will be an injustice is states take the kinds of cuts that they& #39;re signaling - deepening the "losing" status of the 69% of ALL KIDS that are currently screwed by local funding inequities without tapping into money that already is and will continue to be in the system 8/10
