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Shame on districts seeking to perpetuate funding advantages
February 14th, 2013 | 24 Comments | By John Affeldt / commentary
Kudos to Jerry Brown for proposing to end the inequities in California school funding – and shame on the districts that seek to fossilize the advantages they have enjoyed for decades now. Brown is the first governor in recent times to acknowledge what the education community and funding experts have known for years: Our public schools are funded irrationally and inequitably based on outdated formulas bearing no relation to student need. As the Getting Down to … Read entire article »
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