Originally Posted by ratbastid

I think the single biggest issue is the student/teacher ratio. Average class size, last time I looked, was over 60. Which absolutely is something you can successfully throw money at.

Now, it would take some money, possibly more than double or triple the current budget. The physical infrastructure is overtaxed too--there's only so many square feet of classroom space. To really impact it, you'd need new schools or expanded school buildings (most schools have parking lots crammed with temporary classroom trailers), and new teachers.

If you were smart, you'd start a program to really highly qualify the teachers you brought in (or kept, I suppose). Which takes money too.

So, no, money's not the solution, but it's necessary to the solution.