The ‘Kansas Revolution’ And School Funding Equity (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Everybody talks about Americans lifting themselves up, competing in the 21^st century, through education.  But what we spend on the education of children of the affluent versus the middle class and poor is often quite different.  This equity issue has just come to a head in Kansas.  In a time of economic setback and conservative supremacy, Kansas cut back on state spending that had helped balance educational resources.  Last week, the Kansas Supreme Court said no.  Some equity between rich and poor districts matters.  This hour On Point:  the Kansas story, and educational equity in America. /Tom Ashbrook

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/03/11/kansas-sam-brownback-school-funding