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Video: Tipping the Scales
How a Loophole in Current Education Law Allows Inequities in Education Spending
A video animation explains how a flaw in current education law allows unequal funding for schools.
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This video animation explains how a flaw in current education law leads to unequal funding for schools.
See also:
- Walking the Talk: Closing the Comparability Requirement Loophole in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Funding Education Equitably: The ‘Comparability Provision’ and the Move to Fair and Transparent School Budgeting Systems
- Comparable, Schmomparable: Evidence of Inequity in the Allocation of Funds for Teacher Salary within California’s Public School Districts
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