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Christopher Nicklin
Rebecca Cisneros
English 1A Monday
This article, written by Michael Engel, brings to attention different ways to fix
funding in the education system in order to have equality in education throughout the
Unite States. In this article he references that the way America pays for the education
system that makes it so equality in funding cannot be equal. Mainly it is because local
property tax funds schools and property tax varies from district to district. Engel not only
cities funding differences, but also the fact that higher qualified teachers tend to go to
better funded, predominantly Caucasian schools. However, four states have tried to
remedy this problem Dr. Engel offers the solution of a progressive taxation where school
budgets were solely based on state and local tax rather than property tax. Also schools
within America and the differences in funding from state to state. It also gave incite on
how to fix the problem of equality within educational funding in the country. This will
give me useful examples that I can use for an essay. Dr. Engel is a credible author. He has
a Ph.D., which is a good indicator. Also, he has written books on local and state
government and Public Education, which means he probably has a lot of knowledge on
the subject of how schools are funded. This article only deals with facts and the author’s
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viewpoint does not come through, which mean the facts are not distorted. The article is
broken up into sections, which make it easier to read through, considering how long it is.
Also there are no confusing details so that helps make the article easier to read. This text
was also written fairly recent so it is relevant. This text also covers a huge amount of
Michael Engel. Dollars & Sense. Somerville: Jan/Feb 2007. , Iss. 269; pg. 20, 6 pgs
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