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-E

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.