stossel: many americans say public schools, government schools are one of the bestools parts of america. they re a melting pot. we re all in it together. those schools built the country. and i believe that, until i started reporting on schools and now i say government schools ara one of the worst parts of boring. they re more segregated than private schools and much more expensive. the education blob claims schools are underfunded and kids would do better if only we d give the schools a little more o money. this trap shows the absurdity of that claim. spending has gone through the roof. while test scores have barely budged. the scores are those flat lines at the bottom. the blob also demanded smaller classrooms and it got them, butr oops.sroo smaller class sizes did not increase performance. bill gates spent billions