Lack of funding? Not so much. Money going to the wrong places and people? Um, yeah. Look at what the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District is going through right now. DISD has metric craploads of money poured into it every year, and it has a 50% non-graduation rate. As someone else said, get rid of most of the bureacract and administration, and actually put the money where it will do some good (merit-based raises for teachers is a good start).
Ew. Although I guess that's no worse than the "bloody saw" scarf pattern I plan to buy from Monster Crochet and make in time for a horror con in March...
Why does this situation exist in the first place? Why is the teacher unable to afford to print out tests for his students? Why is the teacher in the position of having to pay for printing out tests?
My mother told me a rather amazing story yesterday. She said that she was talking to someone at the store, who told her that her daughter was shopping on Black Friday and had picked out the last XBOX. Another woman came up to her and took it right out of her hands. The mother (the one who told my mom this story) went up to the grabber and said, "Excuse me. That is not acceptable," and took it back. No violence ensued.
Wishing Edgar a speedy recovery and lots of love (keep her inside, dammit!).
This took place in Texas, by the way, y'all.