Yup , got crazy lucky on my laptop ! <| sep |> free time is only one part of the equation . They also have more resources , and more influence over the system . and they simply have more ability to make changes to systems that don ' t work . they can get bad teachers fired easier , they can get more support for other teachers easier . and frankly , they can also figure out more ways to support the schools . whether by being their themselves , or by sending representatives to the schools . frankly , they get listened to . and the data shows they are significantly more involved than poor parents , which improves the entire school . you ' d question whether it is right , but i question whether it is right to send all the rich kids to their own schools and defund and reduce the resources of the bad schools . the schools are bad because they are not equitable . this is very very straight forward . there ' s tons of research on the effect of bussing on child achievement . and it shows that the best way to improve schools is to make them equitable . and you can ' t do that when all the rich people go to their own schools and all the poor people are left in shit schools .