Schools serving low-income students are getting shortchanged

Government study concludes that teachers salaries are lower in poorer schools
Dec. 1, 2011

From The New York Times: A U.S. Department of Education report says tens of thousands of schools serving low-income students are being shortchanged because districts spend fewer state and local dollars on teacher salaries in those schools than on salaries in schools serving higher-income students. The report, Comparability of State and Local Expenditures Among Schools Within Districts, is based on data collected from 84,000 public schools.

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