Continuing our examination of hot issues in American education, we look at funding issues.
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First, we continue the theme of Part I and examine how the use of technology in classrooms influences the flow of money to and from schools. Todd Alan Price of the University of Wisconsin has studied the relationship between high-tech corporations and the schools who use their products. He says that while offers of free technology from companies like telecommunications giant Ameritech may seem tempting to school administrators, students often pay a heavy price in other ways.Then, we look at how the state of Vermont has tried to improve the financing of its public schools with an Equal Educational Opportunity Act. Passed in 1997, the law attempted to eliminate financial disparity between school districts with the introduction of a state-wide property tax, which would be distributed to school districts on a fixed per-student basis. To understand how this law has impacted communities in Vermont in the last two years, we spoke with Representative Val Vincent, chair of the House Education Committee in the Vermont State legislature, and with Jules Older, a writer and resident of Albany, Vermont.
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