Funding question

Hi! I have a pretty big question. I'm happy to responses based on experience, more scholarly stuff, but especially specifics as to actual laws and policies.

So, for the longest time, I've been saying that schools should not be funded based on local taxes, the idea being that richer areas get better schools. This may have been very simplistic.

I recently learned that this varies state by state (and district by district?). Not only that, not basing school funding on local taxes or property taxes doesn't always lead to good outcomes. I say this based on knowing of at least one state where property taxes aren't directly linked to funding, and the schools are, let's say, somewhere around 40th worst in the country. Yes, those rankings may be flawed in some ways, but the state has issues with education.

So- funding. Best and worst ways? Ways to equalize things? Please teach me about this!

Submitted July 31, 2020 at 09:47AM by largececelia https://ift.tt/3fldjFU