(CNN) Predominantly white school districts in the US get $23 billion a year more than districts that educate mostly non-white children, an education advocacy group says. report from EdBuild , which promotes equity in public schools, found that the average white school district got $13,908 for every student in 2016, compared to $11,682 per student in districts that mostly serve people of color. The country has about 13,000 traditional public school systems, averaging 3,500 students each, the report says. The report defines "white" or "non-white" districts as "racially concentrated" districts -- attended by more than half of US students -- in which the population is either three-quarters white or three-quarters non-white. "We need to take a different approach," EdBuild CEO Rebecca Sibilia told CNN, suggesting that local governments reconsider how school districts are drawn.

Source: CNN February 27, 2019 22:30 UTC