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Education Inequality in the United States

Background

Will Durant, a businessman and the founder of General Motors, once said, "Education is the transmission of civilization." Unfortunately, education is still one of the most deliberated and controversial issues in the United States. Thus far, the privilege or right to receive education has not attained the level of equality throughout the nation; poor districts obtain less educational funding while rich districts obtain more, creating an immense gap between the quality of schools in poor and rich areas.
The government does not fully provide funding for each school district since public schools are funded through property taxes ("Public", 1). Therefore, the amount of money for education received by each district varies from one another; there is a minor probability of two school districts getting the exact amount of money. It is reported that districts with high numbers of low-income students receive fewer government......

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