Original sentence: Communities with less affluent or non-childbearing families have less well funded educational systems.Control of education remains firmly protected by state sovereignty, and the funding and condition of the school system in each municipality is largely determined by the local electorate.In communities with large numbers of affluent childbearing families, the educational system tends to be well-funded and more effective.There are many social and political reasons for this including: a history of racism and racial segregration, values of self-sufficiency, a conservative electorate, effects of the spoils system and Federalism
Edited sentence: Communities with less affluent or non-childbearing families, or a smaller tax base, often have less well funded educational systems.Control of education remains firmly protected by state sovereignty, and the funding and condition of the school system in each municipality is largely determined by the local electorate and financed by local property taxes.In communities with large numbers of affluent childbearing families and a large tax base, the educational system tends to be well-funded and more effective.Poverty line in the United States.The US also lacks the standardized curriculum found in many Western European countries, which leads to further educational disparities, and further splits occur between students educated in the public system and in private schools catering to affluent parents or religious parents who dislike the legally-mandated secularism of the public schools.The popularity of harsh anti-crime measures in the United States is explained in part by very high crime rates in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, which began to decline only in the 1990s for reasons that are still disputed, but which may have included the widespread adoption of community policing techniques, the removal of repeat offenders from the streets, an improved economy, and demographic changes that reduced the proportion of groups particularly prone to commit violent crimes such as young, unemployed men.There are many social and political reasons for this including: a history of racism and racial segregation, values of self-sufficiency, a conservative electorate, effects of the spoils system and Federalism