The key to this is simple: housing values. At least in the 'burbs, education is one of the critical things driving housing value. All you simply have to do is threaten white people's housing values and the money will come POURING in.
Also, a huge problem in America is transfer of money from cities (desperately underfunded school systems in cities, whodathunkit?) to rural areas. How about we change this?
You know what would be a fun exercise? Some city in like Texas gets tired of the state funding shenanigans and decides to form a new state. Like Houston. Perfect example. Remove the funding from the #4 largest city from the state coffers. Burbs don't want to join? Perfect, set up some tolls and rake in the money. Oh, the burbs DO want to join (most likely case)? Sure why not.
It would be interesting because if five cities in the midwest or South got sick of their state politics' shit, all of a sudden there would be ten new senators from urban areas in the senate. Look out, totally new political landscape.