In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take on the Leandro case, a lawsuit over education equality that’s still unresolved 31 years after it was filed. There are more than a billion dollars at stake for public schools.
🤯 There’s more than a billion dollars at stake for North Carolina’s public schools.
In the latest Billy Ball Explains NC, we take a look at Leandro,v. State of NC, a 31-year-old civil rights case centering on one of the most poorly kept secrets in NC and in America: Kids in poor counties are getting a worse education than kids in rich counties. But there is a way out.
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