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Sure. But many of the worst performing schools are under funded. You can find outliers either way. There's also the fact that the way k-12 schools are funded

Sure. But many of the worst performing schools are under funded. You can find outliers either way. There's also the fact that the way k-12 schools are funded causes socio-economic segregation. People with means congregate together due to schools (among other reasons). I don't know if this would be true but maybe if there was genuine equality of funding throughout the country then maybe there would be less socio-economic segregation.

rayiner 9y ago
There is more or less equality of funding (at least, between rich and poor counties in the same state): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/12/in-23-states-richer-school-districts-get-more-local-funding-than-poorer-districts/?utm_term=.eee2b4649c2a https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/12/in-2.... > Federal spending — including through Title I, money meant to bolster programs for poor children — is serving as an equalizer, according to the federal data. When federal dollars are included, just five states are spending less in their poorest districts than in their wealthiest. Nationwide, the average disparity drops from 15 percent to less than 2 percent.
- yequalsx 9y ago
  From what I've read school funding for k-12 varies widely throughout the country. http://www.asha.org/Advocacy/schoolfundadv/Overview-of-Funding-For-Pre-K-12-Education/ http://www.asha.org/Advocacy/schoolfundadv/Overview-of-Fundi... http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/18/the-k-12-funding-crisis.html http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/18/the-k-12-fundin... I'm no expert on the issue but I have seen schools in poor neighborhoods lacking in computers and with dilapidated equipment. In rich districts I've never seen this. I doubt that just looking at numbers as in the Washington Post article is sufficient to get to the bottom of the issue. Of course, I'm not certain I'm right either. Whatever the reason I think there is no doubt that some schools are run down and have crappy learning environments. They certainly, on the outside, give the impression of being underfunded.

rayiner 9y ago

There is more or less equality of funding (at least, between rich and poor counties in the same state): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/12/in-23-states-richer-school-districts-get-more-local-funding-than-poorer-districts/?utm_term=.eee2b4649c2a https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/12/in-2.... > Federal spending — including through Title I, money meant to bolster programs for poor children — is serving as an equalizer, according to the federal data. When federal dollars are included, just five states are spending less in their poorest districts than in their wealthiest. Nationwide, the average disparity drops from 15 percent to less than 2 percent.

yequalsx 9y ago
From what I've read school funding for k-12 varies widely throughout the country. http://www.asha.org/Advocacy/schoolfundadv/Overview-of-Funding-For-Pre-K-12-Education/ http://www.asha.org/Advocacy/schoolfundadv/Overview-of-Fundi... http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/18/the-k-12-funding-crisis.html http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/18/the-k-12-fundin... I'm no expert on the issue but I have seen schools in poor neighborhoods lacking in computers and with dilapidated equipment. In rich districts I've never seen this. I doubt that just looking at numbers as in the Washington Post article is sufficient to get to the bottom of the issue. Of course, I'm not certain I'm right either. Whatever the reason I think there is no doubt that some schools are run down and have crappy learning environments. They certainly, on the outside, give the impression of being underfunded.