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The Chicago Reporter—According to school funding policy experts, Illinois can both increase the amount of money it provides for public education and distribute it in a way to close the funding gap between rich and poor districts. They're confident it can be done in Illinois because several other states have already done it.Full text
By: / November 1, 2006
From the November, 2006 issue of Catalyst-Chicago Success Stories

