. Kozol feels that the way in which we fund public schools is arcane and unfair (54). Since most
             areas in the US rely on property tax in order to fund education, the poorer districts are at a
             disadvantage over the wealthy districts because of lack of income. This is a problem because the
             wealthy schools keep getting wealthier and the poor schools keep getting poorer. For example
             Kozol points to the inner city schools of Chicago in comparison with a suburban high school
             (New Trier). He states that the schools like New Trier receive about $90000 more dollars a year
             than the inner city schools, when the inner city schools could really use that money to fix up the
             facilities, improve the curriculum, and provide the teachers with better salaries and resources. If
             you take a look at the arguments being made on pages 54-56 you will see that Kozol points
             specifically to the property tax as a problem in education funding. "The very poor communities
             place high priority on education, and they often tax themselves at higher rates than do the very
             The problem with this is that even though the lower class is taking more money and trying
             to put it towards education, it is not going to even out because the suburbs have more money
             coming back to them that they can throw at schools in order to finance education. He also states
             on these pages that consistent inequality of education will lead to continued inequality all through
             the loves of children of urban areas. I have to agree with Kozol and his findings with respect to
             property tax because of how I was raised. I have never been in a situation where I had to settle
             for the "second best" when it came to education. I was fortunate enough to attend a school
             system that offered a wide array of opportunities and had lots of property tax money to distribute
             among the schools and curriculums to keep it interesting, innovative, and exciting. I ...