More money does not equal better education.
When I was in high school in 1969 (not in California), California was spending $4,736 per student (2008 dollars). In 2008, the latest year I have solid numbers for, that number was $9,842. Source
Double.
In 1969, our education system was landing men on the Moon. The United States was on the top of the world, technologically and economically.
Here's that chart again. I think for the third time, but who's counting?
Anyone who still holds the belief that the way to improve our education system is to pump more cash into the public education bureacracy is, to put it as mildly as possible, not using their faculties to their fullest potential.
The brain on liberalism.