I think that money is a key factor today in American schools. For instance, if you take a kid who has been going to a wealthy school, and a kid who has been going to a deprived school, test show that the student from the wealthy school is more likely to succeed, on top of graduating high school. The wealthy schools have a better base to build on. They have the advantage of keeping up …showed first 75 words of 453 total…

…showed last 75 words of 453 total…life. Students who would usually drop out of high school just might stay in high school because the environment is much better than they get at home. You could actually use school, for some students, as a place where people can hang out, instead of a student just dropping out and going to a bar or something. So just having the spending power, and the proper facilities may change how a student feels about schooling.