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Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’? by mcguire on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:41PM (#27610036)
"Poverty is (mostly) concentrated in inner cities..."

False. (https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/20...)

Atlanta Public Schools, per student: $16,402, $8,923 instructional

Fulton County Schools, $11,619, $7,021 instructional

Buford City Schools, $11,299, $7,271 instructional

Douglas County, $10,271, $6,577 instructional

Clayton County, $10,472, $6,379 instructional

State Charter Schools- Georgia Cyber Academy, $6,294, $5,224 instructional

This is fun! https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolmap/

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Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’? by treis on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:19PM (#27610521)
>False.(https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/20...)

You're looking at county levels. If you look at the parts of cities with poor schools they will have nearly 100% of their students in poverty.

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