In NYC, Fair Student Funding Is Unfair
Not long after corporate reform started in New York City, the Department of Education adopted a formula promoted by conservative think tanks called “fair student funding” or “weighted student funding.” The surface idea was that each child would have the money he or she deserved “strapped to his/her back.” (Sorry for the clumsy effort to be gender neutral.) The real purpose, from the point of view of those on the right, was to enable students to go to charter schools or maybe even voucher schools bringing their public dollars with them. After all it was only “fair.”
In New York City, the funding system was designed by Robert Gordon, an economist and reformer who now
In New York City, the funding system was designed by Robert Gordon, an economist and reformer who now