property taxes shouldn't fund schools. it should be a federal thing where each school is given the same amount of money. or at least the same amount per student that attends the school. property taxes being used to fund schools is why poor neighborhoods have shitty schools.
this guy's take is obviously shitty in that he's looking at it from a "business owner" standpoint - however, the way schools are currently funded by their local property taxes is fucking heinous.
You're partly right. Property taxes fund schools but a lot of states have statewide funding that (inadequately) tries to make up for the difference. The main reason poor neighborhoods appear to have shitty schools is that kids have lower test scores, not because the school system is inherently worse. And the kids have low test scores because home life for many of them is unstable (bc their parents are fucking poor).
I'm not disputing that school funding doesn't help - it definitely does. But home life, the quality and stability of which is directly correlated with material conditions, also affects student performance. Think about latchkey homes, houseless kids, parents with addictions, etc. One of the best ways to uplift those kids and help them do better in school is to pay their parents more, and there's research to support that, too (see basic income experiments).
property taxes shouldn't fund schools. it should be a federal thing where each school is given the same amount of money. or at least the same amount per student that attends the school. property taxes being used to fund schools is why poor neighborhoods have shitty schools.
this guy's take is obviously shitty in that he's looking at it from a "business owner" standpoint - however, the way schools are currently funded by their local property taxes is fucking heinous.
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You're partly right. Property taxes fund schools but a lot of states have statewide funding that (inadequately) tries to make up for the difference. The main reason poor neighborhoods appear to have shitty schools is that kids have lower test scores, not because the school system is inherently worse. And the kids have low test scores because home life for many of them is unstable (bc their parents are fucking poor).
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I'm not disputing that school funding doesn't help - it definitely does. But home life, the quality and stability of which is directly correlated with material conditions, also affects student performance. Think about latchkey homes, houseless kids, parents with addictions, etc. One of the best ways to uplift those kids and help them do better in school is to pay their parents more, and there's research to support that, too (see basic income experiments).
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