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The Unstable Funding Myth

The Fourth in a Video Series Debunking School Funding Myths

By Michael Van Beek and Daniel E. Montgomery, published on Feb. 21, 2011

(Permission to rebroadcast in whole or in part is hereby granted. A courtesy super or CG crediting the Mackinac Center would be appreciated.)

For the past century, funding for public schools has moved in one steady direction — up. Despite some policies that make school budgeting more difficult than it needs to be in Michigan, school funding has proven to be remarkably stable.

Read more about this and other school funding myths.

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