Janet Yellen on the Broken Way America Pays for Public Schools

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen stepped out of her banks-and-money specialty today to point to an issue that doesn’t usually get on the radar of central bankers: school finance. In a speech lamenting inequality in America, she said "public education spending is often lower for students in lower-income households than for students in higher-income households."

By Peter Coy

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