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@Someone who cares Can you cite to where the "tremendous" gains in test scores were made? What districts had gains? What grades? How much? Don't bother because all you are going to find is a slight uptick in 3 and 4th grade language arts scores that happened a few years ago and have now more or less reverted to where they were before Abbott parity funding. Furthermore, when those kids were tested a few years later those gains had evaporated and they tested at the same low levels as before. Basically money for nothing. You are confused about what is good for the kids and what is good for the adults in the educational system. Abbott was very good for the teacher's unions in those districts because they were able to obtain greater salaries and grow their membership, thereby increasing their local clout and control over the Board of Education. In turn they were able to negotiate more and more burdensome contracts with all kinds of insane tenure rules as well as lavish perks and benefits. This is where the money went, not to new buildings or air conditioners or books etc. The state wasted additional billions on its crooked School Construction office which squandered its funding and built very few schools. Like you, I do want educated kids who can lead us in the future. However, Abbott did nothing to make this a reality. These urban districts are broken and the only remedy is parental control over the districts and a choice over where their children are educated. Anything less is bound to fail because the education cartel cannot be trusted to use the money it has been given wisely and for the benefit of children.