How exactly is throwing more gasoline on a fire ($1 billion is a lot of gasoline) a magical fix for the education problem?? What about trying something differe

How exactly is throwing more gasoline on a fire ($1 billion is a lot of gasoline) a magical fix for the education problem?? What about trying something different, like deregulation? (ex: less administrative oversight, less union power, let teachers do their things their own way, make it easier to fire them if they don't perform)