I don’t think this is the case for several core reasons:
- higher income people spend more money. The middle and upper class is by far the largest market and source of tax revenue.
- poverty generally turns areas into low trust higher theft spots that need expensive security.
- high income places generally have good public schools because a majority do know how important education is
- this requires a pretty vast conspiracy of people saying “keep people dumb so we can profit”, which I haven’t heard of at all
I think the much simpler explanation is that there is no accountability for inept pockets in the education system. Schools can’t really be punished for sucking and parents can’t move their kids in most states without just switching to private. There is no feedback loop for broken schools.
- higher income people spend more money. The middle and upper class is by far the largest market and source of tax revenue.
- poverty generally turns areas into low trust higher theft spots that need expensive security.
- high income places generally have good public schools because a majority do know how important education is
- this requires a pretty vast conspiracy of people saying “keep people dumb so we can profit”, which I haven’t heard of at all
I think the much simpler explanation is that there is no accountability for inept pockets in the education system. Schools can’t really be punished for sucking and parents can’t move their kids in most states without just switching to private. There is no feedback loop for broken schools.