This fact is particularly offensive, given that it is well known that Senator Espada lives
in the wealthy suburb of Mamaroneck, far outside of his Bronx district.
With privilege goes the opportunity to earn enough money so that you can
live in a wealthy suburb and perpetuate this inequality by passing it on to your children.
Toss in goodies like utility rate reductions, below - market interest rate loans and investor tax credits and it's easy to see why there are 72 EZ zones across New York State (
including in wealthy suburbs) and why the last few counties that don't have em, want em.
Generational inequality is increasing and millennials are experiencing firsthand that poverty can hit everyone, even when you've been
raised in a wealthy suburb.
Not
like in wealthier suburbs where kids have the opportunity to go to early childhood programs that have play, the arts, and project - based learning.
His bill would provide for a salary of $ 125,000 for the smallest rural districts and up to $ 175,000 for the largest districts,
often in wealthier suburbs.
Although official numbers have not yet been released, it is likely that many more parents in New York State are keeping their children out of the tests than did last year,
particularly in wealthy suburbs and neighborhoods of New York City.
But this fall, Americans for Prosperity is spending
big in the wealthy suburbs south of Denver to influence voters in the Douglas County School District, which has gone further than any district in the nation to reshape public education into a competitive, free - market enterprise.
Schools in many states, such as Oklahoma and Arizona, are woefully underfunded across the board; in other states, such as Illinois, there is massive inequity in the amount of funding that goes to educate privileged
students in wealthy suburbs and the amount that goes to educate disadvantaged students in urban and rural areas.
Journalists, union leaders, politicians and even a few reform allies come in for a tongue - lashing from the diminutive and determined educator whose schools serving low - income kids in New York City are outperforming schools
in the wealthiest suburbs across her state.
Quite simply, the budget approved this month funnels public tax dollars to private schools, including
those in wealthy suburbs.
Breaching district boundaries would help diversify classrooms and generate more opportunities for low - income students by dismantling the exclusivity of well - resourced schools
in wealthy suburbs.