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When unaccountable courts meet dysfunctional schools.(educational finance)
Last year, Columbia University formally abandoned intellectual neutrality and embraced political activism in a remarkable fashion. The university announced a Campaign for Educational Equity that aims, in its first year, to raise $12 million to engage in "action research" and advocacy on behalf of "educational equity." This development should alarm anyone who believes that "no taxation without representation" is a bedrock American principle.
For the uninitiated, "educational equity" entails filing lawsuits in an attempt to get courts to order elected officials to raise taxes and pump additional spending into particular public schools. Columbia Teachers College ...
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