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I think one of the biggest public infrastructure issues in the United States is the lack of equal education. The education system of the USA is not fair and inh

I think one of the biggest public infrastructure issues in the United States is the lack of equal education. The education system of the USA is not fair and inherently unequal when schools are funded from the taxes of its local communities. Other public infrastructure issues could be lack of cheap, affordable internet access, clean water, and health care.

robocat 8y ago
Even when there is some subsidising towards educating children that are unfortunate enough to have poor parents, you still end up with very unequal outcomes. Go down to Figure 53 of this: http://www.nzchildren.co.nz http://www.nzchildren.co.nz which shows only 1/3 of the poorest 20% attain a high enough level of education to even enter university, while 3/4 of the richest 20% do (the relation is fairly linear for the rest). Financing the education of children with poor parents helps, it just doesn't equalise on average. Of course it does help a few outlier children a lot. In NZ we add extra subsidies to schools with poor parents through a system of deciles - but it doesn't offset the difference that much.
- eiaoa 8y ago
  > Even when there is some subsidising towards educating children that are unfortunate enough to have poor parents, you still end up with very unequal outcomes. I think the idea with funding education more equitably is to remove existing barriers that are created by policy, not about creating totally equal outcomes.