Hahaha... One of the editors at Civil Beat joked that they couldn't afford to have a "Ken Conklin Editor."

That said Cheri, Hawaii has had for decades just about the highest level of school funding equity in the US. That's because we have a single school district and public education is not funded through property tax. Unequal educational attainment is less about equity in funding in Hawaii than it is about the other variables that impact school success. The two most significant variables are parent educational attainment and parent SES. (btw: I'm not really up playing on the computer at 4:00 in the morning. I'm in Manhattan and it's actually 10:00 am here :) )