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States are favoring school choice at a steep cost to public education

  • Written by Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
Colorado teachers rally outside the state Capitol April 16 to demand more funding for schools.Colleen Slevin/AP

Teacher strikes are generating a healthy focus on how far public education funding has fallen over the past decade. The full explanation, however, goes beyond basic funding cuts. It involves systematic advantages in terms of funding,...

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