- What is the difference in terms of equality and equity? Why are these terms important to the discussion of financing schools?
- Some of us live and work in affluent districts, and some live and work in districts with a smaller tax base. In 1993, the small school districts of Tennessee joined to sue the governor over these inequities. Read more information about the case at these sites:
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/tennessee-small-school-systems-v-mcwherter/ Links to an external site.
https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/supreme-court/1993/851-s-w-2d-139-2.html Links to an external site.
From your perspective, was the ruling of the case right or wrong? Why? What issues did the case not consider?
- What would your reply to a senior citizen in your community that stated he did not believe that his taxes should be raised to support schools as he had no children or grandchildren in the school district?