K12 school quality doesn't necessarily guarantee a student higher earning potential but there's certainly a correlation, researchers at WalletHub report.

Other priorities for Ivey include school security, replacing technology devices, funding the turnaround school initiative and ensuring the Numeracy Act and Literacy Act, which push for improvements in math and reading, are funded.

Fights over ‘detracking’ have roiled other districts. But Union Public Schools, in Oklahoma, took a middle ground, adding tutoring and non-test-based ways for students to qualify for advanced math.

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results showed U.S. students hit an all-time low in their math scores last year while reading scores appear to have plateaued. Out of 81 countries, the U.S. was sixth in reading and 26th in math.