You pay for the children your children go to school with, and for their parents. You might do it with tuition, you might do it with property tax. Maryland has

You pay for the children your children go to school with, and for their parents. You might do it with tuition, you might do it with property tax. Maryland has one school system per county. In Montgomery County the schools are very different between the more prosperous and less prosperous areas. Years ago there was an eye-opening chart of the percentage grade needed get an A in algebra at various high schools.