You are seeing the results of turning the education of your children over to the "State" . . The Federal government has no business dictating how your children will be educated. That's up to the parents and citizens locally, who know what their children need, not what a union or a politician pandering to a union might want!
There's even debate as to whether the education funds should ever leave the district they're collected from and allowed to go to the State level . . Because, while I agree that there should be district "Parity", I don't believe my kids should receive less because they're children of the middle class . . or not poor, as case may be . .
Just sayin' . .