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...that Minnesota has found the most workable solution. Through substantial increases in taxes on liquor, cigarettes and corporate and personal incomes, the state's contribution to the cost of running the schools has been increased from 43% to 70% of the total. By 1979, spending for each pupil's education will be virtually the same throughout the state...
...major piece of social legislation, for within a six-year period, it will virtually equalize the per-pupil spending for education throughout the state and thus go a long way toward equalizing education in the cities, suburbs and rural areas. Anderson has had other victories. All legislative meetings of any kind must now be open to the public?no more private executive sessions in the legislature. A full-time ombudsman has been established in the corrections department. The magnificent St. Croix River has been added to the National Scenic River System. Voter registration has in effect been abolished. Anderson...
...schools against which the suit was filed in 1972-Bobbe's Private School in Arlington and Fairfax-Brewster School in Fairfax County-both denied in the court that race had been their guide, but Judge Bryan called the denials "unbelievable." Neither school has ever had a black pupil or a black applicant. Bryan said the admissions policies of the schools show no "plan or purpose of exclusiveness for the selection of students other than race." The fact that the schools are open to every white child, he said, "disposes of the argument that these were truly private schools...
...tough inside. My line to him as to so many students in the 1950s was: 'You're a nice guy but not yet a good man. If you don't stand for something, you're apt to fall for nothing!' " Teacher and pupil corresponded until 1968 when, says Coffin, "Jeb joined forces with Goldwater, and I guess he thought I must have given...
...only state in the Union that has no autonomous local districts-and thus treats all pupils the same-is Hawaii. Money for education is raised principally through income and excise taxes and portioned out at roughly $930 per student. The schools' physical facilities are of equal quality, they have about the same pupil-teacher ratio (26 to 1) and even the same menus at the cafeterias. Slightly more money is spent in low-income areas because of federal programs intended to help the poor...