The year is ending but not quite yet for freelance journalism! This week I have three stories to share: One is a short piece in The American Prospect about how, for the first time ever, communities can track how much money their school districts are losing due to corporate tax subsidies. At least $1.8 billion was given away by state and local governments over the last fiscal year to attract businesses—money that otherwise would have gone directly to public schools. Believe it or not, such disclosures simply weren’t available until this past year. I wrote about why that is, and implications of this new transparency.
Reading the GA piece, and then yours, just made me realize, though that this is probably such a widespread problem all over the country, and how families with youth with disabilities have to navigate an extra broken system.
I hope they get in big trouble. It also reminded me of an article someone sent me from the New Yorker, on how this is a widespread practice in Georgia and luckily they're getting sued big time there: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/01/georgias-separate-and-unequal-special-education-system
Reading the GA piece, and then yours, just made me realize, though that this is probably such a widespread problem all over the country, and how families with youth with disabilities have to navigate an extra broken system.