Designed to Fail: Why Racial Equity in School Funding Is So Hard to Achieve First Edition

This book chronicles recent struggles to eliminate racial inequity in public school funding in Pennsylvania, and the powerful and sometimes obscure forces that conspire to preserve that inequity. It provides compelling evidence of how public school funding policy has been shaped over decades to shortchange students of color, and engaging accounts of the people and organizations who have demanded equitable and adequate funding and the resistance they have encountered.

Very detailed. Confirms my suspicion about educational funding in PA

This book is a reminder that achieving racial equity in education funding requires collective action. Liu’s eloquent prose and rigorous research make this book essential reading for anyone passionate about dismantling systemic barriers and creating a more just society.

A brilliant author who sheds crucial light on the gross structural disparities and racial disparities of America’s urban school system