What is it like being an alumni of a school that’s underfunded or neglected? Even if the school is “good” (as in well funded or private), does the learning environment reflect that? Also, the dark side of American schools (shootings) dampens peace of mind for parents since at any given moment some gun wielding individual can storm in murdering those inside (students, teachers, custodians, etc.)
I’m not from USA, but it’s tragically bad there. I sometimes see indexes come out for things like education or literacy rates, I look further down past my own country on the list and see the USA. For a nation that can fund corporations and military up to their eyeballs, it is an absolute choice and systemic problems to allow that to continue.
And before anyone mentions things like poverty - those are intrinsically linked to education. A nation that takes education seriously takes poverty seriously. user givesomefucks has an interesting comment on other systemic problems contributing to it.