Unequal funding of educational system

Unequal funding of educational system

The US educational system is compulsory for the first 12 years of education (roughly ending when students are 18 years old); however, it is funded and controlled primarily by state and local governments. Control of education is primarily in control of the states with smaller portions of control going to local communities. Especially since the creation of the Education Department, the federal government has had an ever-increasing amount of control of education in the United States. The funding and condition of the school system in each municipality is largely determined by local government. In affluent communities, especially with large numbers of childbearing families, the educational system tends to be more heavily funded and tends to be more effective. Communities that are less affluent or have fewer childbearing families generally have less funded educational systems.