Segregation and School Funding
How States Reinforce Inequality and What to Do About It
$110.18
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2026
Summary
An expert examination of district-level segregation and wealth gaps shapes an original, ambitious policy agenda to end K–12 funding inequity and create a truly fair public school system
More than seventy years after Brown v. Board of Education promised equal educational opportunities for students of color, US public schools remain stubbornly segregated, with large gaps persisting in the adequacy of K–12 funding by race and income. In Segregation and School F…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798895570548 |
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| Author: | Matthew Di Carlo, Bruce D. Baker |
| Publisher: | Harvard Educational Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Harvard Educational Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“This book lays out for a broad audience, in clear language and supported by the research, the history of the link between segregation and school funding; why racial segregation and school finance is still a pernicious relationship despite various reforms; and what specific policies should be adopted at the state and federal levels. I can hardly think of a bigger gap in the education policy landscape at this moment.” - Elizabeth H. DeBray, professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, University of Georgia
“In this carefully argued book, Di Carlo and Baker first document the large price that systemic socioeconomic and racial segregation across districts exact on public school systems in the US. They then offer a comprehensive roadmap for states to promote equal educational opportunity for all students.” - Helen F. Ladd, professor emerita of public policy and economics, Duke University
Matthew Di Carlo
Matthew Di Carlo is a senior fellow at the Albert Shanker Institute in Washington, DC. His current research focuses on school finance, school segregation, and school and teacher accountability systems.
Bruce D. Baker is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Miami and the author of School Finance and Education Equity: Lessons from Kansas and Educational Inequality and School Finance: Why Money Matters for America’s Students. He has consulted with numerous states on school finance reforms and testified in state and federal courts as an expert witness across the country for the past 20 years.
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