School's out forever...but where?

"It goes without saying that the city’s schools are in a bad way. Only recently, a principal at one public school asked parents to send toilet paper and light bulbs to school with their children because the district could no longer provide those necessities. Most students are not allowed to bring textbooks home, if their school has textbooks at all. The Public Schools are allotted more tax dollars per pupil than any other district in the state, and yet none of the money actually reaches those students or their teachers. It disappears in a morass of bureaucratic waste and corruption [...] Half of [the city's population] cannot even read. Unemployment is above 20 percent and streets are filled with hopeless people. When I see schools left like this, I know exactly what waits for many of these kids. I see it every day on the streets."

Now guess in what country this story takes place!