The answer is simple, though. When you invest the money exclusively in the schools and what happens in the schools, your reach is extremely limited. In Baltim

The answer is simple, though. When you invest the money exclusively in the schools and what happens in the schools, your reach is extremely limited. In Baltimore, and everywhere else, raising the minimum wage, offering free daycare & preschool, and improving the social services that prevent many low income kids from learning outside of the school (and parents from supporting them) is what will make the real difference. But, at least half of this country is opposed to spending money on those sorts of things because the "I got mine" attitude is more pervasive than "What's good for my neighbor is what's good for me".