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• Source: Akron Beacon-Journal
• Date: January 21, 2006
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Doug Oplinger , Dennis J. Willard
• Topics: Education
• Data Types: State Data
• Description/Excerpt: Dennis J. Willard and Doug Oplinger of the Akron Beacon Journal used state education data to show that "the growth of charter schools is shifting the burden of funding public education increasingly onto local property taxes." For example, the paper found that Cincinnati residents are "paying a larger portion of the 'formula' cost of running their schools, up from 53.3 percent in the 2002-03 school year to 58.5 percent this year."