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Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students

Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students

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Built in 1910, James Elementary is a three-story brick school in Kansas City, Missouri’s historic Northeast neighborhood, with a bright blue front door framed by a sand-colored stone arch adorned with a gargoyle. As bustling students and teachers negotiate a maze of gray stairs with worn wooden handrails, Marjorie Mayes, the school’s principal, escorts a […] … learn more→

School budgets have held up better than expected in some states, but looming cuts will hurt learning long after pandemic ends

School budgets have held up better than expected in some states, but looming cuts will hurt learning long after pandemic ends

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The year 2020 may prove to be pivotal in the history of U.S. public education. Many children have gone missing from school completely since March, and millions more are struggling with wholly inadequate online learning experiences. Lower-income and minority children are particularly hard-hit. The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated deep inequities across our public schools. Merely restoring school budgets to their […] … learn more→