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Download full textBiddle, Bruce J.; Berliner, David C. – 2002
Public school funding in America comes from federal, state, and local sources. Because nearly half of those funds are generated by local property taxes, the American system generates large funding differences between wealthy and impoverished communities. This paper reports on the characteristics of these financial inequities. It notes that sharp…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education
