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[โ€“] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Public school systems have gone down hill significantly as the government is run by a voter base that cares way more about retirement and loweing taxes than it does on securing the future for young Americans.

There's plenty of funding available. Funding per pupil, adjusted for inflation, has never been higher. The problem is more about where the money is going rather than there not being enough of it.

[โ€“] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Averages don't take into account differences in income. A school in a wealthly neighborhood has a very different budget than a school in a community where a sizeable amount of the population is below the poverty line. What's worse is that schools with low income students often have a much harder time teaching since students may or may not have a stable home.