Public school student populations are by nature diverse. Any child from any family can attend a public school at no charge. The whole point of public education is to give children access to the education they need in order to be successful in society. Education is no longer a privilege of the wealthy. This does not mean, however, that every single school performs at the same level, nor that they all have access to the same resources. Unfortunately, while it is a public system, there are schools out there that have swimming pools and airplane pilot programs at the same time that there are schools which have a high teacher turn-around and outdated, if any, textbooks.
There are many states throughout the country which reward schools that are doing well; cash bonuses are one of the most popular types of recognition that excellent schools receive. These schools do indeed deserve recognition, and all schools can use a bit of extra money. The problem lies in the fact that schools that are failing are getting no extra financial help to turn their problems around. Perhaps the school is in a poor neighborhood, where there arent a lot of homeowners homeowners mean more property...