> Poor school districts spend enormous amounts of money on students. By what measure? Throughout most of the US public schools are funded through local taxes.

> Poor school districts spend enormous amounts of money on students. By what measure? Throughout most of the US public schools are funded through local taxes. The poorer the district, the less resources are available to educate children, which means understaffing, buildings which are falling apart, lack of classroom materials. And is your comparison on funding per student meant to be against upper class families, who most likely send their children to pricey private schools? I just don't see how your statement is justified.