Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School Graduates

Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by js2 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @07:14PM (#16442908)

Not sure where you live, but in the states I've lived, it's the county or municipality that uses property taxes and runs the K-12 schools. Public universities are are subsidized by the state, but those are available equally to all of the state's residents.

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Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by jordonwii on Thursday February 22, 2018 @08:14PM (#16443321)

In general across the country, less and less public school funding actually comes from local taxes. The state has gotten involved in most states in order to correct discrepancies in school funding between rich and poor districts (with California being one of the most involved states).

Some states still have notable funding issues between districts, though. This gives a pretty good description of the issue: https://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/474256366/why-americas-school...

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Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday February 22, 2018 @07:32PM (#16443021)

Iowa. They do it differently. The state took over decades ago.

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