Class Size & Funding Inequity in NY State & NY City
New York State repeatedly makes the top of our list of most INEQUITABLE state school finance systems in our National Report Card.
http://www.schoolfundingfairness.org/National_Report_Card_2012.pdf
Further, NY State was acknowledged in a report I prepared last year, with colleague Sean Corcoran of NYU, identifying states that are both generally inequitable and that actually exacerbate those inequities through their state school finance systems.
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/StealthInequities.pdf
As I’ve explained in several previous blog posts, NY State’s primary policy response has been to brush aside the issue – blame school districts for being inefficient – pretend that the state already spends way too much – and ram ill-conceived policies down the throats of local district officials.
Here’s one choice quote from the Governor:
http://www.schoolfundingfairness.org/National_Report_Card_2012.pdf
Further, NY State was acknowledged in a report I prepared last year, with colleague Sean Corcoran of NYU, identifying states that are both generally inequitable and that actually exacerbate those inequities through their state school finance systems.
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/StealthInequities.pdf
As I’ve explained in several previous blog posts, NY State’s primary policy response has been to brush aside the issue – blame school districts for being inefficient – pretend that the state already spends way too much – and ram ill-conceived policies down the throats of local district officials.
Here’s one choice quote from the Governor:
“The problem with education in New York is not money,” Cuomo said. “We have one of the highest