"So maybe states should be giving poor districts extra money not just to replace outdated textbooks but to get parents into the schools."

They saw their children bused past the white school to an all-black school furnished with used supplies and outdated textbooks.

On top of and beneath the table were piles of outdated used textbooks.

That money won't be used to shore up crumbling schools, or replace worn and outdated textbooks.

Huge classes, outdated and insufficient textbooks, and rotting buildings have taken their toll.

With his school closed, he tried to keep up by reading outdated textbooks in the basement bomb shelter.

At the same time, the district borrowed $35,000 from its classroom budget to cover administrative costs, and its 15,000 students were using outdated textbooks, the report said.

According to the study, schools lack trained health teachers, use outdated textbooks and curriculum, and in some cases, do not even offer health classes.

As a result, students contend with dilapidated buildings and outdated textbooks.

They say that with battered buildings, overflowing classrooms and outdated textbooks, they should have received extra money too.