Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post recently reported on the vast divide in funding for elementary and post secondary schools (the big winners in Federal funding) and middle and high schools. Given the enormous problem with high school graduation we agree with her assumption that funding needs to be more equitable. Ms Strauss writes, “The returns on current investments in the early grades and postsecondary education will not be realized fully if the federal government does not build on those efforts by targeting investments to middle and high schools to prepare students for high school graduation.”
Please read her article http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/05/23/how-grades-6-12-get-robbed-in-federal-education-funding/