>San Francisco has been trying, and mostly failing, for half a century to give African American and Latino students an education comparable to that provided to white and Asian students in the city.
At what point will it become appropriate to admit that there is a cultural problem among certain low income minorities that leads to poor outcomes in education?
Regardless of whether it is fair, is it really reasonable to force middle class minorities and whites to be exposed to drugs and violence in middle school, in a clearly failed attempt to bring up worst performers?
These policies are a net loss to society. Instead of boosting performance of the lower tail, we are only hampering the middle and, especially, upper reaches of achievement. Some problems can't be solved by money, or even celebrity apparently, according to this article.
At what point will it become appropriate to admit that there is a cultural problem among certain low income minorities that leads to poor outcomes in education?
Regardless of whether it is fair, is it really reasonable to force middle class minorities and whites to be exposed to drugs and violence in middle school, in a clearly failed attempt to bring up worst performers?
These policies are a net loss to society. Instead of boosting performance of the lower tail, we are only hampering the middle and, especially, upper reaches of achievement. Some problems can't be solved by money, or even celebrity apparently, according to this article.