How They Spin 'Underfunded Schools': Ignore the Federal Money

How They Spin 'Underfunded Schools': Ignore the Federal Money [Michigan Capitol Confidential]: "One of the most inaccurate narratives promoted in the Detroit school bailout debate is that poor urban districts like Detroit are underfunded compared to schools in more affluent suburbs.
What this storyline fails to acknowledge is the role of federal money in hiking funding for poorer urban school districts. 
All school districts get some federal money, but poor districts get a lot more, and the difference is significant.
...For example, Eclectablog, a self-described progressive blog run by Washtenaw Democratic Party Chair Chris Savage, contained several inaccurate claims in a recent article on Detroit Public Schools:
-- “Disinvestment in education in places like Detroit led to starving local schools of adequate funding. …”
-- “Republicans have continuously sought to educate urban kids on the cheap and to avoid making the necessary investments in their schools.”
-- “In addition to birthing the for-profit charter industry in Michigan and ensuring that poor kids’ schools would never be comparable to their counterparts in wealthier districts, ...” the website said.
The sins of omission go beyond just the blogosphere, however.
Read on and see their lies!