How tax breaks strangle American schools − billions of dollars that could help students vanish from budgets, especially hurting districts that serve poor students
- Written by Christine Wen, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
At James Elementary in Kansas City, Missouri, principal Marjorie Mayes escorts a visitor to a classroom with exposed brick walls and pipes. Bubbling paint mars some walls, evidence of leaks spreading inside the aging building.
“It’s living history,” Mayes said. “Not the kind of living history we want.”
The district...
