In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Rodriguez v. San Antonio that there is no constitutional right to an equal education under the Fourteenth Amendment. Briefly explain how this decision affected school financing.
What will be an ideal response?
Advocates for school finance equity have litigated at the state level. They argue that the current method of funding schools through local property taxes means that affluent communities can spend significantly more on education than low-income areas, and that these spending differences violate students' constitutional right to an adequate education (per the wording of their state's constitution) in lower-income schools.
As a result of these legal efforts, 27 states now have financing plans where low-income districts receive an average of 8% more funding than high-income districts (LaFortune et al., 2015).
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a) binary b) secondary c) singular d) distinct
Members of the public attempt to influence those in power, and vice versa, with the dissemination of __________, which is information provided by those with a vested interest in furthering their own cause or damaging an opposing one
a. propaganda b. rumor c. public opinion d. cultural capital
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Race is essentially a:
a. religious ideology b. geographic concept c. social concept d. mathematical principle