Reply #199: What government has that kind of money and what happens to the "pawns" in the meantime? [View All]

[pampango]

I am all for well-funded public schools, but I also know that that will be a difficult, long-term goal and will not totally solve the problem of quality education in urban and rural areas.

I taught in an urban district with plenty of the problems that afflict low-income people who live there. Since I left, the school district built all new buildings with tobacco settlement money. There have been improvements in the performance of the students, but the improvements have come around the margins, not overall dramatic improvements. These will require societal changes that are outside the control of teachers and school administrators.