[Mpls] 50 year anniversary of Brown v.s. Board of Education - Howdoes Minneapolis measure up today?

[David Shove]

On Mon, 17 May 2004, Sean Ryan wrote:

>   People segregate themselves and that's the problem, but no amount of
> busing will solve this. Sayles Belton had a good idea when she dropped the
> whole super-bus program and brought back neighborhood schools. Now if they
> could only be equally funded and have access to the same programs and
> amenities [ -Drive around and compare the Mpls. High schools- which ones
> look the best and have the best facilities? You'll see a pattern emerge
> pretty quickly-]
>
>   MONEY is the great equalizer, not school buses.

That's why we need 100% State Aid to Schools.

That is, the  state should pay 100% of school costs, from state taxes.
None should come from local property taxes.

That way the only way Edina could have good public schools is to help fund
equally good inner city schools.

--David Shove