Poverty dominates many school districts

[Persia]

Nearly half of all children in America live in school districts with high levels of poverty, according to U.S. Census data released on Tuesday that pointed to financial traps many public schools are caught in.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/29/us-usa-education-idUSTRE7AS2O020111129

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

You know what the biggest problem education faces in America? It's not lack of support from the government, or lack of support from the families of the children ... it's the fact that schools get funding based on their performance on standardised (spits) tests ... the better they do the more funding they get. How in the name of all that's Holy does that improve education?