Redrawing the Lines Interactive Map and Data Tool

In a new report, Redrawing the Lines, New America’s Education Funding Equity Initiative shows how better school district boundaries can make school funding more fair and school systems more diverse. Too often, school district boundaries are drawn along existing neighborhood fault lines, outlining unequal tax bases and replicating residential segregation by race and class in our public schools. But the right boundaries, drawn to encompass more integrated student populations and more equal tax bases, could transform our public-school systems.

The report includes an interactive map and data tool showing how current school district boundaries compare to the proposed district lines, and what changing those lines would mean for states and school communities. The video below offers a walkthrough of the tool showing how to make the most of its features.