Tag: tax cap

NYSUT HEADS TO COURT TO PROTECT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STUDENTS

ALBANY, N.Y. February 20, 2013 – New York State United Teachers, seeking to protect public schools and students from an inescapable cycle of cuts and ensure the state’s poorest and most vulnerable children are not further harmed by grossly inequitable education funding, today challenged the state’s property tax cap in court. “We believe very strongly …

First to Worst

From “Learning Matters“: First to Worst (2004) explores the roots of California’s current education crisis, tracing it to the anti-tax movement of the 1970’s and 80’s and to civil rights lawsuits that aimed to equalize school spending but resulted instead in disastrous funding limits on schools. The documentary pays special attention to the effects of …