Texan in California / public finance & public schools / writing against austerity / teaching @ced_berkeley / researcher @ucblaborcenter / trustee @ausdk4kids
Aug 12, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Thread / rant: school board meetings where people invoke how much residents pay for housing when talking about their right to demand (_insert demand here_) from the local public school system. /1
Children are entitled to a good education b/c THEY EXIST, not because their parents pay a lot for housing. Think about the inverse - kids in lower-priced areas deserve less? renters? families who are behind on their taxes? families who inherited their homes? transfer students? /2
