A vast majority of the problem comes from the underfunding of schools and school programs in poorer districts. Governments are more inclined to send funding to already successful schools, when the real need lies in those schools without proper funding. For example, in the New York state budget approximately $287,000 per student is spent in the poorest districts, while in the richest districts the budget stretches to $1.9 million per student, according to this New York Times article. Disparities such as this exist throughout the country, some to even greater degrees. Income inequality already proves a strong educational disadvantage to students, and the compounded lack of access to technology in schools simply furthers these disadvantages. Teachers on the individual level must work to change the outcomes of the students lives, and must also work to see change in the school district. Funding exists as a critical downfall of education systems in the United States. Annual expenditure on education varies from state to state and from school district to school district, with the majority of the money being spent in already high earning districts. Individual district funding is determined by No Child Left Behind, which bolsters the funding of the already more affluent districts, but, ironically, leaves the lower earning districts behind.