Funding Schools With Property Taxes Hurts Chicago Students

         In an effort to teach my beloved fellow Chicagoans how our school funding system works against us, I visited the land of milk and honey: Winnetka, hometown     of Governor Bruce Rauner.



         Still the best line in recent memory, as far as column writing goes.



         The median value of a house in Winnetka—one of the wealthiest municipalities in the country according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey—is about $1.2 million. In Chicago, it’s about $208,000.



         Well, that’s also due in part to the fact that Mayor Rahm wastes money on trivialities—like a basketball arena for DePaul—rather than spending it on     important things, like librarians. But let’s keep the mayor’s skewed priorities out of this conversation, at least for one column.



         In contrast, my dear friend Bernie, who lives down the street in Ravenswood, paid “only” $10,000 in property taxes this year. But his household income is     about $100,000.



         It’s good to see the governor’s corrected this oversight.