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National Articles Defining the Problem
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2022: Here's How Much Money LA Parents Are Fundraising For Schools, And What It Buys
by Kyle Stokes, LAist (Jan 10, 2022) -
2021: Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?
by Neal Morton, The Hechinger Report (June 14, 2021)
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2019: First person: Parent fundraising made my school a great place to teach. I was grateful...
...until I realized the cost, by Anna Noble, THE COLORADO INDEPENDENT (December 10, 2019)
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2018: Parent-Led Fundraising Makes Some Schools Better but Leaves Others Behind
by Karen Weese, SLATE (NOV 26, 2018)
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2018: Fundraising and Fairness: The challenges of school fundraising for equity-minded educators
by Sue Winton, EDCAN NETWORK (September 26, 2018)
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2018: Equity Questions in School-Based Fundraising Still Fester
by Carole Levine, NONPROFIT QUARTERLY (March 21, 2018)
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2017: Parents raise massive amounts of money at some public schools. Should they share it?
by Kitson Jazynka, WASHINGTON POST (March 19, 2018)
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2017: The Outsized Role of Parent Contributions in School Finance
Hidden Money, CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS (April 8, 2017)
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2017: PTA Gift for Someone Else’s Child? A Touchy Subject in California
by Dana Goldstein, NYTIMES, (April 8, 2017)
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2015: How Philanthropy Props Up Public Services and Why We Should Care
by Beth Gazley, NONPROFIT QUARTERLY (March 15, 2015)
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2014: How Budget Cuts and PTA Fundraising Undermined Equity in San Francisco Public Schools
SF PUBLIC PRESS (Feb. 3, 2014)
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2011: What Happens When Petulant Parents Won’t Share? School Funding Inequities, That’s What
by Helaine Olen, SLATE (November 10, 2011)
