The problem is that acknowledging this leads to politically incorrect conclusions, so we continue to throw money at education and certain schools.
We'd achieve better outcomes by reducing air and plastic pollution which are shown to have substantial negative potential impacts on intelligence and personality.
How are you distinguishing the two? Show us the evidence, not your conclusions.
Atlanta Public Schools: $15300 Fulton: $12700 Gwinnett: $9500 Forsyth: $9200 Dekalb County: $8800
I left Dekalb for Gwinnett. Gwinnett and Forsyth in general have much better schools, but spending is similar. Atlanta Public Schools has the highest spending in the state, and is the source of the cheating scandal from years back and in general does not have great schools.
does this include donations and other sources of revenue (eg. bake sales)?
This is a commonly held myth but it's not backed up by the data. Inner city districts are usually near the top of their state for per pupil spending. What they lack in residential tax base they usually make up for in commercial buildings. All of those high rise office buildings pay lots of property tax and don't send any kids to school.