How a 1973 Supreme Court Decision Has Contributed to Our Inequality

Our Unequal Schools

One key contributor to inequality—unequal education funding. And we can trace that back to a horrendous, little-remembered 1973 decision.

Published May 15 2014 5:45AM EDT

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The growing income inequality in the United States since the 1970s is a source of great concern for many Americans. The historic notion that, in America, upward mobility is in the hands of the individual increasingly seems more fiction than reality.

Geoffrey R. Stone

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How a 1973 Supreme Court Decision Has Contributed to Our Inequality

One key contributor to inequality—unequal education funding. And we can trace that back to a horrendous, little-remembered 1973 decision.

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Geoffrey R. Stone