A Tale of Two States: Equity Outperforms Inequity | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity

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A Tale of Two States: Equity Outperforms Inequity

Posted on: Thursday February 13th, 2014

New York and New Jersey sit just on opposite sides of the Hudson River, but the two states are much further apart when it comes to investing in children and education. Areport from the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) and Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) details how New Jersey's fair school funding system, which dedicates more resources towards lower-income students, has helped the state beat out its neighbor and become a model for ensuring equity and opportunity in education.

"A Tale of Two States" explains that New York has aregressive funding system; for every dollar invested in affluent districts, low-income districts get just 87 cents. This creates stark disparities in access to educational resources. The funding gap between New York's 100 wealthiest and 100 poorest school districts is a whopping $8,601. 

New Jersey is just the opposite; its progressive funding system ensures that for every dollar invested in affluent districts, low-income districts get $1.42. So even though New York spends on average more 

Subprime Learning: Early Education in America Since the Great Recession | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity

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