Anna Lukens Arch 528 11 December 2018 Rethinking K-12 Public Schools Many have argued that education has become the basis for the success of future generations. There is much to question though when across America, education is not equal. This fact has been fought for over a century now and still, adjacent communities have different qualities of education to one another. The goal of this project is an overall understanding of the reasoning as to why these inequalities still exist as well as embracing those inequalities to create a smoother functioning system. This project will look into creating a community wide system to further enhance the K-12 public school learning environment to adapt to the needs of specific students regardless of the economic status of their neighborhood or family. The Problem: It is arrogant to assume any type of similarity between neighboring school districts. Looking to Chicago as an example, there is no way to pretend the differences are not relative to race and societal class and unfortunately, Chicago is not the only location with these problems. In Illinois, double the amount of revenue for public schools comes from local governments than from the state government. (NCES.) This results in the quality of the schools being reflective of the economic status of the local region. Differing schools are not exclusively a poor exercise between communities however, having a variety of quality in education dependent on location is not excusable. Districts will never receive the same finance for their educational departments and