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Bob Schaffer: “fairness in education should not be measured by the relationship between all government agencies. It should be measured…”

On the recordMay 15, 2002
fairness in education should not be measured by the relationship between all government agencies. It should be measured by the relationship of children. What we have today is a system where some children win, and some children lose. For one reason or another, the children from the poorest households, who come from inner city areas, who come from communities that do not have a lot in terms of public resources, those are the children that suffer the most. What we have seen through education tax credits that have existed in States through scholarship foundations is that the vast majority of these dollars are distributed on the basis of need, and I know that is true in Pennsylvania as well.
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Bob Schaffer
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Discussing fairness in education and the impact of education tax credits on children from low-income households.

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