Private Funding for Public Schools

"California public schools seek private money just to cover the basics" by Seema Mehta, 04/20/08 LA Times

"Parents in well-to-do communities can raise significant sums of money to augment their local schools' budgets, while schools in low-income neighborhoods fall further behind," said state Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell. "This is part of the reason that we have an achievement gap in California. We have an economic and moral imperative to close this gap."

The disparity in public education programs from one district to another is truly amazing. The differences in state, local, and now private funding add up to make serious differences in the resources available.