Not enough
While the calls for school funding reform have most often come from the Chicago area, most of the school districts receiving less than the statewide average---$9,099 per pupil in 2004-2005---were from the southern half of Illinois.
Source: Illinois Board of Education; analyzed by The Chicago Reporter.
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- A Renter's Nightmare
- Methodology (A Renter's Nightmare)
- Tips For Renters Caught Up In Foreclosure
- Black Areas At Highest Risk
- Rental Runaround
- D.C. Renters Buffet Storm
- Renters Squeezed Out
- Suburbs Slow To Get On Board
- Methodology (Suburbs Slow To Get On Board)
- Unity Through Dialogue
- Working Hard Or Hardly Working
- Editor's Note: July-August 2008
- Reporter Impact: July-August 2008
- Letter to the Editor: July-August 2008
- Not All Arrests Lead To Deportation
- A Bumpy Ride
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- Divine Inspiration
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