By Brandon Davis Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal July 4, 2026 - 9:01 pm Ask a parent in the Las Vegas Valley what they want from our public schools, and the answer is simple. A good teacher. A class small enough to learn in. The resources to do the job. Ask whether our schools are delivering, and the honest answer is that too much of our money never reaches the classroom where those things happen. In recent legislative sessions, some lawmakers have reached for new revenue to close the gap, floating taxes on digital goods and services, and a state commission has laid out a menu of property and sales tax changes to raise billions more. The need is real. But before we ask families already squeezed by the cost of living to pay more, we owe them to ask one question: Are we spending what