areas in the US rely on property tax in order to fund education, the poorer districts are at a

disadvantage over the wealthy districts because of lack of income. This is a problem because the

wealthy schools keep getting wealthier and the poor schools keep getting poorer. For example

Kozol points to the inner city schools of Chicago in comparison with a suburban high school

(New Trier). He states that the schools like New Trier receive about $90000 more dollars a year

than the inner city schools, when the inner city schools could really use that money to fix up the

facilities, improve the curriculum, and provide the teachers with better salaries and resources. If

you take a look at the arguments being made on pages 54-56 you will see that Kozol points

specifically to the property tax as a problem in education funding. "The very poor communities

place high priority on education, and they often tax themselves at higher rates than do the very

The problem with this is that even though the lower class is taking more money and trying

to put it towards education, it is not going to even o

had to go without an extra $50000 a year or so. Another thing that I also see as a big problem

things are handled in these situations. He suggests that a property tax is not the solution to the

the richer districts giving them no way of really catching up and Kozol is saying that financing

them to a school that provides them with a better atmosphere and a greater chance for success.

education. The Liberal motto could be best summarized as "I have this money and I need to

problem because it is not doing anything for the poor districts except setting them farther behind

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)