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New Study Shows Big Gap In Education Spending Among North Carolina Counties

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Amanda Magnus
Published January 1, 2019 at 12:06 PM EST
A new study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina shows a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and poorest counties.
A new study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina shows a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and poorest counties.
A new study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina shows a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and poorest counties.
Credit Lisa Philip / WUNC
A new study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina shows a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and poorest counties.

Note: This segment is a rebroadcast from January 16, 2018. 

Astudyfrom thePublic School Forum of North Carolinaconfirms a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and the poorest counties. The study found that in 2015-2016, the 10 highest spending counties spent $2,364 more per student than the 10 lowest-spending counties, and the gap has increased every year since 2011.

Host Frank Stasio talks about North Carolina's school spending gap with Lindsay Wagner, co-author of a new study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Lindsay Wagner, co-author of the report and senior researcher at the Public School Forum. They discuss what solutions could help to close the public school spending gap.

This report comes out as the North Carolina General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Task Force On Education Finance Reform is currently considering changes to the public school spending plan.  

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Amanda Magnus
Amanda Magnus grew up in Maryland and went to high school in Baltimore. She became interested in radio after an elective course in the NYU journalism department. She got her start at Sirius XM Satellite Radio, but she knew public radio was for her when she interned at WNYC. She later moved to Madison, where she worked at Wisconsin Public Radio for six years. In her time there, she helped create an afternoon drive news magazine show, called Central Time. She also produced several series, including one on Native American life in Wisconsin. She spends her free time running, hiking, and roller skating. She also loves scary movies.
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