For the finale of Season 2, we’re joined by Dr. Shelly Arsneault, Professor of Political Science & Public Administration at California State Fullerton, who is collaborating on an upcoming book called Our Kids, Our Money, and Our Schools: The Persistence of Inequality in Public School Finance. We discuss the many ways in which private money is funneled into public schools – which schools get it, what they use it for, and what the impact is on the overall system of public education.

From PTAs to booster clubs, to education foundations, we see resources flowing into the schools with the least needs, further contributing to systemic inequities.

LINKS:

• Robert Putnum’s Our Kids
• Reporting from NPR on a poll reporting no increase in life satisfaction from getting into a “good” college or university.
• A report from The Center for American Progress on the role of parent contributions to school finance.
• California Supreme Court case Serrano v. Priest

And, to prep for Season 3 . . .

• Noliwe Rooks Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
• Amanda Lewis and John Diamon Despite The Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools
• Rucker Johnson – Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works

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The Integrated Schools Podcast was created by Courtney Mykytyn and Andrew Lefkowits.

This episode was produced by Andrew Lefkowits and Courtney Mykytyn. It was edited, and mixed by Andrew Lefkowits.

Music by Kevin Casey.

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