There is a Public Education system...its payed for by our tax dollars....period.
If you want to get schools that supposedly have more of our tax dollars than others, and don't need it as much, to share them with those that supposedly need more, then by all means, go for it. But you don't get a blanket "we need more money", when we already spend MORE money per pupil than nearly every other country with their own version of a public/Government education system
Ok,.......... but Xo s right about how the education system is divided and that most of the money for schools is from local and state taxes.
This is a legacy from the situation that prevailed early in our history, and schools were often established by land grant .
Some good comes of local tax support, highly populated areas need more money and tend to have more money.
The downside is that some districts are poorly run and some are low on resources.
Unions are doing what Unions do, someone has to be responsible for asking for more someone else is responsible for demanding quality and refusing waste.
Federal money isn't the majority of the money , but it is a lot, and is a useful boost even where there is already plenty. By offering this money with conditions Congress claims a measure of national control.
I think all of the parts of education spending and implementation are negotiable, and times are ripe to make big changes, better efficiency would be good , but so would a more individualized experience for the student.
Debate is fun and necessary in the process of change , also necessary but a lot less fun is the drudgework of observing what does and doesn't work and deriving real science for the question.
It would be silly to keep everything the same when there are clearly wasteful and ineffective parts , how do we make the changes , and how do we ensure that the changes are positive and effective?