Kozol vs Ravitch

I recently read two books about education; they were called Savage Inequalities and Shame of the Nation. I read one chapter out of each of them. Shame of the nation i read about how much on average a school district spends per student in an inner city school and a rich suburb school. The answer was disturbing. In inner city schools it was roughly $8000 per 3rd grade class and in a 3rd grade class in the wealthiest suburb they averaged about $12000 per class. To me I don't think that is fair because all of those kids already start out at a disadvantage. A study in 2002 showed that a teacher in the Bronx was payed roughly $53000, in Manhasset a teacher was payed $87000, and in Scarsdale a teacher was payed $95000. Both of those effect a child's learning and studies show that a child needs preschool to be able to keep up with school. Most kids in the Bronx don't go to preschool. George W. Bush was once quoted saying "Giving money to a poor school is like pumping gas into an already flooded engine." He was basically saying those schools have too much money anyway. I cant express how much I disagree with this statement. It is probably the exact opposite from the truth. Deborah Meier said, "I will believe money doesn't count the day the rich stop spending so much money on their own children." It is so true. There is a high school in the South Bronx that when it rains the water runs freely down the stairs like a waterfall. You cant say that that doesn't effect learning. The next book that I read basically talks about how all children should be managers for their life and that's what they have to learn in school. They have to be able to be confident enough in themselves so every child needs to be in a manager-like position so they don't feel like the underdog.