Savage Inequalities: Children In America's Schools
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Imagine sending your children to a school such as the schools in East St. Louis, where they are overpopulated, under-staffed, under-supplied, and well below safety standards. Well, this may be a nightmare for some parents, but unfortunately, this is a reality for many others; primarily those whom ....
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.... police and fire department expenditures and public health. All are in competition with public schools. The schools in these areas are over crowded, limited in supplies, under-staffed and unfit for teaching. Employing and keeping young teachers is a struggle because of lower salaries than what is offered at schools in the suburbs. Kozol points out that politics play an important role in how monies are distributed. He states that: "In Illinois, as elsewhere in America, local funds for educat ....
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