The IF Blog » Protectionism http://inferentialfocus.com/blog We uncover change... Thu, 27 May 2010 22:23:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 9021 NO http://inferentialfocus.com/blog/2010/01/25/9021-no/ http://inferentialfocus.com/blog/2010/01/25/9021-no/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:23:45 +0000 Administrator http://inferentialfocus.com/blog/?p=33 Protectionist actions among countries have garnered a lot of attention over the past year, but how about protectionism between school districts within the same state?

In the past, California school districts such as the one in Beverly Hills welcomed students from outside its locale, since the district accepting the students received a payment of $6,239.00 per student from the state. With recent cutbacks in state funds for education, Beverly Hills has told its roughly 400 out-of-district students to either rent an apartment in the boundaries of the district or find another place to go to school. (New York Times, 1/14/10)

A statement by one Beverly Hills parent seems relevant: “This is a community trying to take care of its own, and there is nothing wrong with that.” That thought reflects an emerging protectionist attitude being encouraged by a sense of scarcity.

Charles Hess

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