It's kind of a positivie feedback loop. The libertarians to alt-right pipeline does exist for a reason after all
A big difference between the richest and the poorest schools is not a problem There are enough middle tier schools that are just fine
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It's a massive problem. It insures that rich kids get great educations for free, while poor kids get shitty educations for free. This maintains the growing income divide and shrinking social mobility in America. A poor kid in a shitty neighborhood CANNOT go to any school.
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You realize schools have to be a reasonable distance from where they live, they have to legally be allowed to attend the school district the school is in, and you can't have a mass exodus from shitty schools to good schools, not enough teachers or space. Did you think about this?
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Explain to me what would be wrong with funding all public school students equally?
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You will never be able to fund all students equally because that assumes equality of traits
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What traits are you talking about? Funding of schools (per student funding is an average) should not take the abilities of individual students into account. Particularly since given some time a well funded school can increase the intellectual level of the kids in a neighborhood.
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If anything poor neighborhoods should get MORE funds to help balance out the privileges rich kids start out with (without earning it). We talk about America being equal opportunity and about pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, yet it couldn't be further from the truth.
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Getting "privileges" for having rich parents is fine by me. Why should I be successful if I can't share my wealth with my children?
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We have the resources to provide every American (heck every human) with a basic decent starting point while still having enough left over for there to be a good range of wealth and income. I'm not suggesting take away your family money, I'm suggesting fund schools equally.
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