Separate but equal is back in action

equal computers for disparate numbers of students

Per Pupil Funds

Politcal Jargon

Moral and Numbers

The Savage Inequalities of Public Education

In New York

‘In order to find Public School 261 in District 10, a visitor is told to look for a mortician’s office…the school is next door, in a former roller-skating rink.’

The school’s capacity is 900 and it serves 1,300.

‘This…would not happen to white children.’

‘The poorest districts in the city get approximately 90 cents per pupil from the legislative grants, while the richest disctricts have been given $14 for each pupil.’

New York City Board Official cited stating that there is “no point” in putting money “into some poor districts” because, in his belief, the “new teachers would not stay there.”

1987

New York city funding = $5,500 per kid

Richest suburbs exceeds $11,000 with highest at $15,000

River dale Student Understanding

‘But we also learn things other children don’t.’

‘There are other things that someone needs to teach you.’

‘We know certain things other kids don’t know because we are taught them.’