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In our conversations with #STL folks about public education, we've been getting questions about what can be done at different levels of government. To help address some of those, we're doing a new #StandWithSLPS thread! So here it is:
Local 🌆vs.🏛️ State - A Thread🧵
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Local 🌆vs.🏛️ State - A Thread🧵
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For starters, we should clarify that we are focused on our 3 current asks:
1. Support for a new schools moratorium
2. Creation of a citywide comprehensive plan for schools
3. Curbing of tax incentive abuse
This thread will largely be focused on the above. But first!
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1. Support for a new schools moratorium
2. Creation of a citywide comprehensive plan for schools
3. Curbing of tax incentive abuse
This thread will largely be focused on the above. But first!
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General Remarks
Funding for local public school districts comes from 3 primary sources: local, state, and federal. According to the 2020 @SLPS_INFO Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), 80% of revenue comes from local revenue, 13% from the state, and 7% federally.
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Funding for local public school districts comes from 3 primary sources: local, state, and federal. According to the 2020 @SLPS_INFO Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), 80% of revenue comes from local revenue, 13% from the state, and 7% federally.
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🚨MUST READ 🚨
"Educators Beware: The City Fund and Its Many Tentacles of Privatization"
Thank you to Dr. @traceemiller, her co-authors, & the renowned @DianeRavitch for this piece exposing The City Fund & groups like Opportunity Trust.
Read on🧵
bit.ly/2Z3jRTV (1/)
"Educators Beware: The City Fund and Its Many Tentacles of Privatization"
Thank you to Dr. @traceemiller, her co-authors, & the renowned @DianeRavitch for this piece exposing The City Fund & groups like Opportunity Trust.
Read on🧵
bit.ly/2Z3jRTV (1/)
"The City Fund is led by experienced privatizeers who have tried their hand in places like TN & New Orleans, where the PR was great but the results were not. They are undermining public schools & democracy at the same time. They should hang their heads in shame. They won’t"
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"A new education reform movement has made its way across the country whose goal is not reform, but privatization. That coalition is led by billionaires forcing their extreme market bias onto our school system."
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