Dollars per Pupil

You know, if the teachers unions don't shut up about dollars/pupil, they are going to squashed! I just heard an otherwise intelligent person say "obviously, the richer communities spend more for pupil than the poor communities." That is completely, unequivocally WRONG!! Most urban schools spend 2 times the amount per pupil than most suburban and rural districts. For all this extra money, they perform WORSE than any other region. It's not the money, stupid, it's the bureaucacy! Of course, they can always play the "dollars per capita" card, but even there, they lose 9 times out of 10. Inner city youth do worse in school because money is being squndered on assistant to the assistant vice principals, and oh by the way, have you noticed where the poor people live?? I lived in a town that spent at the bottom 10th per pupil, yet scored in the top 10th. How? Maybe because the kids came home to "relatively" stable homes, with parents who cared, and, more important, had time to assist with homework. If we shrink back the overhead, and use money to help poorer families, maybe this differential between poor and rich communities will melt.