How does the system of systematic racism work in the US?

School finances are usually expressed as "per pupil spending." You can find it for all 50 states here.

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2020/comm/school-system-spending.html

Student outcomes are weakly correlated with funding, and you can find examples of everything.

https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile?chort=1&sub=MAT&sj=&sfj=NP&st=MN&year=2019R3

So based on the two sites I linked, Utah is the lowest spenders per student in education, and scores significantly above average in student outcomes. Alabama is a low spender and consistently scores lower than average in academic performance.

The highest spending state is New York, and scores significantly lower than the national average. Connecticut spends A LOT of money per pupil compared to other states, and has significantly above average academic performance.

I don't think the issue is funding.

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