Fund the Child: A 100% Solution - this looks like a good idea.

From The Progress Report

"EDUCATION -- TACKLING FUNDING DISPARITIES IN AMERICA'S SCHOOLS:

A new Thomas B. Fordham Institute report tackles one of the "most pressing problems in American education": the funding disparity between schools in rich and poor districts. The Education Trust reports that "36 states have a funding gap between high poverty and low poverty districts that averages almost $900 per student." Faced with current policies that "consistently fail to solve problems," the report -- which has drawn support from a bipartisan group of experts and former government officials -- concludes that the "entire financing system needs to be modernized if the problems of inequity and antiquity are to be solved." It proposes a plan for government at all levels to allocate funds to schools on a "per-student basis" according to each student's needs, and not by staffing levels or special program needs or "political jockeying," as is currently done. The funding would follow students to whichever public school they choose to attend. The proposal has received support from 75 signatories, including former Education Secretary Rod Paige and American Progress President and CEO John D. Podesta and Director of Education Policy Cynthia Brown. Sign up here to add your name to the solution."