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It cites a North Carolina analysis estimating $36.6–$43.4 billion annually to raise per-pupil spending and enable broader access to quality schooling. 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At first glance, this idea may seem too utilitarian and too good to be true. It is indeed possible, however, it requires a sustained investment.1\u003Cbr>Saldaña et al. take on a project of providing the logistics that would be required if schools were places where every child thrived by assigning a price tag on such a school in North Carolina:\u003Cbr>Starting with an analysis of North Carolina’s public schools, the report finds that the provision of true educational opportunity in the state would be $36.6 billion to $43.4 billion per year. This would move the per-pupil spending from one of the worst in the U.S. (approximately $11,300), to one of the best—at roughly $23,600 to $28,000 per pupil.2\u003Cbr>Although this doubling of per-student investment and spending may seem daunting, as Saldaña et al. have shown, it is feasible. According to the 2024 Forbes ranking of countries by GDP, America, one of the top ten wealthiest countries in the world3, can afford to fully equalize educational opportunities if we (the collective will) truly desire it. Yet, there is increased competition for spots at selective magnet schools, outweighing their supply. This scarcity problem requires schools and school boards to make decisions about how enrollment is equitably distributed. Let us take Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology (TJ), a magnet public high school in Virginia that holds the reputation for being one of the best public high schools in the United States as an example.4\u003Cbr>1 Chris Saldaña, Anna Deese, Kevin Welner, Kathryn Wiley, Tatianna Grant, Adam York, Michelle Renée Valladares, and John Myers,“Taking Equal Opportunity Rhetoric Seriously: Envisioning and Costing-Out a P-12 Public School System in North Carolina Where Every Child Thrives: A Working Document,” National Education Policy Center (2024) .\u003Cbr>2 Saldaña et al.,“Equal Opportunity,” 2.\u003Cbr>3 Katharina Buchholz,“Continental Shift: The Biggest Economies Over Time [Infographic],” Forbes, February 15, 2024, [https://www.forbes.com/sites/katharinabuchholz/2024/02/15/continental-shift-the](https://www.forbes.com/sites/katharinabuchholz/2024/02/15/continental-shift-the)biggest-economies-over-time-infographic/ .\u003Cbr>4 “Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology,” US News & World Report, [https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-) |\n\nIn 2019-2020, TJ reported that there were only 1.72% and 2.6% Black and Hispanic students respectively enrolled. To address concerns of low enrollment of minoritized students, the school board revised the admissions policy , eliminating the required standardized test and waiving the $100 application fee.  \nAcknowledging that educational decision-making is laden with value judgments, Brighouse et al. developed a decision-making framework5 that emphasizes the clarity of educational goods and their valuable distribution.The framework is a four-part procedure. First, decision-makers ought to identify the valuable outcomes that are to be achieved. For TJ, the Fairfax County School Board sought to improve diversity in the student body. Second, the decisionmakers need to identify key decisions and feasible options for achieving the outcome identified in the first step. The feasible options that the Fairfax County School Board could have used included improved outreach methods, computerized lottery, zip code preferences, removal of the standardized entrance test, and waiving of admissions fees. The third step of the Brighouse et al. framework is the evaluation of options considering pertinent values. This evaluation is rooted in research and empirical evidence. According to a research report","cbCaicv2RdWoiT2R","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicv2RdWoiT2R","pdf",188798,"English","# Imagine a world without scarcity in education\n## Costing out equal opportunity\n## Admission policy revisions at TJ\n## Applying a decision-making framework\n## Equity, values, and legal challenges","[{\"question\":\"Why does the author argue that trade-offs in education are unnecessary?\",\"answer\":\"The author contends that equal educational opportunity is feasible when societies commit to the sustained investment required to remove scarcity in school quality and access.\"},{\"question\":\"What budget range does the text cite for equalizing educational opportunity in North Carolina?\",\"answer\":\"It estimates $36.6 billion to $43.4 billion per year to provide true educational opportunity.\"},{\"question\":\"How did TJ’s admissions changes aim to address low enrollment of minoritized students?\",\"answer\":\"The school board revised admissions by eliminating the required standardized test, waiving the $100 application fee, and later experimenting with additional policy approaches to improve diversity.\"}]","Why Trade-Offs Are Unnecessary | PDF",15]