>Because we aren't spending enough on K-12 education already? At the federal level? Not really. The Department of Education is something like less than 1% of t

>Because we aren't spending enough on K-12 education already? At the federal level? Not really. The Department of Education is something like less than 1% of the federal budget. Furthermore the problem comes down to how schools are actually funded. In the US, it's almost entirely through local property taxes. Which means that racial and socioeconomic segregation cause children to be doomed to an underfunded school district, perpetuating the cycle.