Money will never, ever solve one single problem in schools until American parents stop making excuses for their overweight and pampered kids who cannot compete (in terms of science and math) with most other industrialized nations. . .check out the makeup of grad students in the science, math, and technology wings at your local top-30 graduate school and count the foreign students- the home-grown talent is sparse, kids, and it will really hurt us unless we start making our kids study and stop blaming those oh-so-bad teachers who are forced to dumb-down curriculum because teachers are systematically forced to pass almost everyone. . .you reap what you sow. . .