Map of U.S. school funding by district: Red indicates less funding; green indicates more funding. Alyson Hurt and Katie Park/NPR hide caption
School Money Is the way we pay for our nation's schools failing to meet the needs of our most vulnerable students? School Money, a nationwide collaboration between NPR's Ed Team and 20 member station reporters explores this question.
School Money
The cost of opportunity
High school students perform 10467, a play they wrote about how their education has been affected by lack of resources. Beth Fertig/WNYC hide caption
Pendleton Superintendent Jon Peterson (right) and Pendleton High School principal Dan Greenough look over a storage lot next to the high school. It used to be full of student projects. With the wood shop closed, there's little here. Rob Manning/OPB hide caption
Take A Ride On Oregon's School Funding Roller Coaster
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Douglas Bruce, a driving force behind TABOR, celebrates at a victory party in downtown Denver after Amendment 1 was projected to pass. Jay Koelzer/Rocky Mountain News/CPR hide caption
Wichita lawyer Alan Rupe in his office. He's been suing Kansas over school funding since 1989. Sam Zeff/KCUR hide caption
Kansas Supreme Court Says Schools Could Close If System Doesn't Change
Kennedy Park, 4, is in her second year of pre-K in Camden. All 3- and 4-year-old kids qualify for two years of preschool in New Jersey's lowest-income cities. Sarah Gonzalez/WNYC hide caption
The Millers sit in the living room of their home in a Philadelphia suburb. They are part of an ongoing lawsuit, which argues that Pennsylvania has neglected its constitutional responsibility to provide all children a "thorough and efficient" education. Emily Cohen for NPR hide caption
A social studies class at Campton Elementary School in Wolfe County, Ky. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Karen English has taught in the Revere, Mass., schools for 36 years. Kirk Carapezza/WGBH hide caption
Inside Livingston Junior High School in Sumter County, Ala. The state does not send extra dollars to districts that serve low-income kids. Dan Carsen/WBHM hide caption
'Why Can't Our Kids Go To School Together?' Asks Board Member In Alabama
Tiffany Anderson (right), superintendent of the Jennings School District in north St. Louis County, Mo., performs crosswalk duty every morning to save the district money. Tim Lloyd/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
Why Did The Superintendent Cross The Road? To Save Money For Her Schools
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Why Did The Superintendent Cross The Road? To Save Money For Her Schools
Patty Rodriguez and her brother Alex hold a photo of their father, Demetrio Rodriguez, who died in 2013. Bahram Mark Sobhani hide caption