. Kozol feels that the way in which we fund public schools is arcane and unfair (54). Since most areas in the US rely on property tax in order to fund education, the poorer districts are at a disadvantage over the wealthy districts because of lack of income. This is a problem because the wealthy schools keep getting wealthier and the poor schools keep getting poorer. For example Kozol points to the inner city schools of Chicago …
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…have to settle for the poor schools because they are not usually included in the magnet school system, nor are they included in the arcane voucher system. In conclusion through the reading of the selected sections of Savage Inequalities as well as through my personal experience in the education system, I have demonstrated the problem with the education system today and what has to be done. Bibliography Kozol, Johnathon. Savage Inequalities. Harper Collins: New York 1991.