"So money does play a part (which is sad)"
So goeth the rest of the world. Companies with access to capital will grow faster. People with higher incomes will live in safer neighborhoods.
My aunt taught school in an area that was predominately of an ethnic group that placed little value on education. She did her best but told me that even if the school had 20x the budget, it would make little difference. On the other hand, she had colleagues that taught in schools where the student's cultural background did place a high value on education and the students did far better. The schools were also able to spend more money on improvements rather than repairing vandalism. It can be very expensive to paint over rude words applied to a number of walls with the paint that has gone through all of the approvals to be used at a school.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
