PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE DOLLARS: AN EDUCATION ARMS RACE

The report included details of a lawsuit in Mississippi where the Southern Poverty Law Center filed on behalf of four black mothers who testified that their childrens public schools lacked textbooks and basic supplies such as toilet paper.1 The school districts implicated serve primarily low-income,...

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Published in:Phi Kappa Phi forum 2019-04, Vol.99 (1), p.14-17
Main Author: Kitzmiller, Erika M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Education
High Schools
Low income groups
Outcomes of Education
Public schools
School districts
Secondary schools
Students
Suburban Schools
Urban Schools
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Summary:The report included details of a lawsuit in Mississippi where the Southern Poverty Law Center filed on behalf of four black mothers who testified that their childrens public schools lacked textbooks and basic supplies such as toilet paper.1 The school districts implicated serve primarily low-income, black youth and have been labeled as "failing schools" for decades under federal guidelines. According to its website, the fund nurtures seed projects to "pilot innovative projects; accelerate promising, outcome-driven initiatives; and respond quickly and strategically to emerging needs across the NYC public school system. [...]the funding and resources at these two public schools differ widely. Giving children an advantage conflicts with the ideal of public education as a public good; thus, donating private money to a public school so that children at one school have an advantage over children at another school challenges the idea of public education as a public good in a democracy.14 The United States Commission on Civil Rights report demonstrates the dire effects that funding inequities and school segregation have on academic outcomes and social mobility in this country.
ISSN:1538-5914