I am in the US, specifically rural Midwest.

Anyways, about federally funded schools, definitely. The differences between "poor" schools and "rich" schools is absolutely disgusting. The quality of education that I got was magnitudes better when I went to the rich kid school that when I moved back to the poor school, I was almost an entire year ahead in the material being taught. The rich school had so many good teachers, new buildings, good material, new textbooks, and every elective you could possibly imagine. There were so many clubs and activities to volunteer in.

Then by contrast the poor school I went to had large class numbers, a building built in the early 50s (AKA no air conditioning when it was 95°F outside), 3 major electives, and few clubs. The teachers were all underpaid and only a few were actually good at teaching the material. None of my teachers seemed to give a shit about helping me understand what they were teaching.They kept threatening to cut all art and sport programs if their school levy didn't pass, which of course if you ask for money from a poor community, they're most likely going to say what my dad said "I can either give you art and sports or hot water and electricity." The levy didn't pass, so I had to pay $250 to get into the art class, and I had to quit track because it was another $500 to play.

Kids don't choose to go to poor schools, and most the time, neither to the parents. Why should they be punished for coming from a poor family or a poor community? I could understand local wealth funding a school if school wasn't so entirely vital to your future. Everyone should get a fair chance no matter what kind of life they come from.

I doubt that federally funded schools, or at least, equally funded schools, would ever happen. We can't even get universal health care in the US, I doubt we would ever go for federally funded schools. The US really gets off on fucking the poor.