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How school fundraising creates hidden costs that exclude low-income families

My daughter's school fundraiser expects every family to contribute two hundred dollars and I cannot afford it but I also cannot let her be the only kid whose family did not participate.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Educational equity is undermined when schools rely on family contributions that not all families can provide.

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