School vouchers

Michael Hoover hoov at freenet.tlh.fl.us
Wed Mar 17 16:13:19 PST 1999



> The big problem with school funding and the one that no politician wants
> to touch---is tax abatement!
> In Ohio billions and billions of dollars in property taxes which would
> have gone to schools have been abated in the name of economic
> development. Even your mom and pop corporations want tax abatement.
> Tom L.

but public school financing mainly through property tax levied by individual school districts is major contributor to the educational caste system...amount of money available to school reflects property values within a district's boundaries...so amount of money available is closely correlated with spatial sorting out of economic activities and socioeconomic and racial groups...public schools that are able to spend most on education are generally located in white suburbs... wedding school quality to parental wealth makes the educational system an elaborate scheme for preserving existing inequalities... Michael Hoover



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