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Per pupil spending varries so much throughout the country

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I knew kids from the "good schools" that were rich doing expensive drugs at a young age. Whats "good"? 

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I knew kids from the "good schools" that were rich doing expensive drugs at a young age. Whats "good"? 

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“The system is unconstitutional,” the attorney for the plaintiffs Joseph P. Moodhe argued in Hartford Superior Court earlier this month, “because it is inadequately funded and because it is inequitably distributed

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“The system is unconstitutional,” the attorney for the plaintiffs Joseph P. Moodhe argued in Hartford Superior Court earlier this month, “because it is inadequately funded and because it is inequitably distributed

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it is pretty obvious who benefits from districts funding

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“The origins were very progressive, but what might have been progressive in one era can become inequitable in another,”

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“The origins were very progressive, but what might have been progressive in one era can become inequitable in another,”

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how that teacher just straight dipped cause she was so uncomfortable

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In a middle class district I grew up benefitting from the unequal distribution of taxpayer dollars

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"Students frequently had substitutes . . . they had to share computers, and they were suspended more frequently in the poor district."

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"a 20% increase per pupil can lead to an additional year of complete education"

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It's frustrating that this was the "best way" to fund schools

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"That’s often because education is paid for with the amount of money available in a district, which doesn’t necessarily equal the amount of money required to adequately teach students."

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Some Ameican students, who live in wealthy communities or neighborhoods within states that have high levels of funding for public schools, are now attending public schools where funding ng is set at $15000 or more. Whereas other American students, who live in poorer communities have low levels of funding, must make do with less than $4,000

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My high school was in a pretty nice area and had a security guard, while The downtown schools did not.

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"the system is unconstitutional"

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The ones benefiting from the inequitable distribution of tax dollars are those who live in wealthier areas.

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"Connecticut is not the first state to wrestle with the conundrum caused by relying heavily on local property taxes to fund schools." Pretty messed up especially considering some places have a higher rental rate

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"Connecticut is not the first state to wrestle with the conundrum caused by relying heavily on local property taxes to fund schools." Pretty messed up especially considering some places have a higher rental rate

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Low poverty/High-income districts benefit the most from the inequitable distribution of tax dollars because of the benefits funding provides in terms of technology use, teacher satisfaction, etc.

I went to a school that had a few "resource" officers, but I knew of other schools elsewhere that had security to monitor the students.

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Who is benefiting most from the inequitable distribution of tax dollars in schools?
What are some examples of the evidence plaintiffs used to support their case?
What stood out to you the most about the reading/case?
How can you relate your schooling experience to those that Semuels was referring to in the article?