There are many notions about how to improve public schools, a goal which all except some College of Education professors seem to agree is necessary.
More funding is but one idea.
Among Arizona districts there is no relationship between student spending and progress on math and reading tests. The record could hardly be more clear. The United States spends 54 percent more per pupil than it did twenty-five years ago, after adjusting for inflation. A recent study shows that the US places third out of twenty-two economically advanced nations in per pupil spending. After adjusting for student growth and inflation, Arizona per pupil spending on education has increased by more than 10 percent in the past decade.