If the mega money donations help education will we have to admit more tax money needs to go to public schools?

Zuckerburg gave $100 million to Newark, NJ schools. Bill Gates has given millions to other school districts. I saw on The Talk today $100 million donated to Teach for America and there are other charitable organizations asking for donations to help teachers afford things for the children.

I have heard people say that we should leave it to private individuals to help schools. I have also heard people say more money does not help.

If these large gifts make significant impact on students progress, won’t we have to admit that more money matters. That maybe we do have to commit more tax money to schools, because counting on private contributions is too risky, too inconsistent, and does not guarantee all children will have equal educations.

One complaint regarding a recent case of an Ohio woman going to jail because she lied and said her kids lived at a different address, so her children could go to a much better, safer school across town, was that she had not paid taxes for the better school. But her school sucked. Do we really want the quality of schools to rely on local taxes?

I know children do not have equal educations now, but I cannot see how private organizations will acheive equality. It seems to me we have to think more in terms of country rather than local community to really get all children on an equal footing regarding education.