Overwhelmingly white school districts received $23 billion more than predominantly nonwhite school districts in state and local funding in 2016, despite serving roughly the same number of children, a new report finds. The nonwhite districts, which included many large cities, were much larger than the white districts, which included many small rural areas. But the overall gap in state and local funding was $23 billion. Overall, the report found 21 states where white districts got more funding and 14 states where nonwhite districts got more. The gap was most dramatic in Arizona, where white districts were given $7,613 more per student than nonwhite districts.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2019 04:52 UTC