“To be blunt, money does matter. Schools and districts with more money clearly have greater ability to provide higher-quality, broader, and deeper educational opportunities to the children they serve. Furthermore, in the absence of money, or in the aftermath of deep cuts to existing school funding, schools are unable to do many of the things they need to do in order to maintain quality educational opportunities.” Bruce Baker in Revisiting that Age-Old Question: Does Money Matter in Education? http://www.shankerinstitute.org/images/doesmoneymatter_final.pdf