> Because they are the ones who will see the biggest benefit from a good teacher. This is a big assertion, and one not well supported by data[1][2]. Money is

> Because they are the ones who will see the biggest benefit from a good teacher. This is a big assertion, and one not well supported by data[1][2]. Money is not the bottleneck at any public school in the West. A student's performance is very well correlated to external factors like parental income and education level, and is NOT well correlated with the amount of money the state spends on education. Utah spends a third of New York per student, and still outperforms in test scores. I agree that the best teachers should go to the students who would benefit from those teachers the most. The students that would benefit most from good teachers are the good students, who exist in an environment that enables them to learn and excel. [1] https://medium.com/@tgof137/increased-school-funding-doesnt-improve-test-scores-here-s-what-might-3d46ebf5c1d https://medium.com/@tgof137/increased-school-funding-doesnt-... [2] https://www.alec.org/article/increasing-education-spending-equal-higher-test-scores/ https://www.alec.org/article/increasing-education-spending-e...