Milwalkee riots

[RobertE]

Schools here are funded by property taxes raised in the district they serve. Schools in poverty-stricken areas have less money to work with, because real estate values are lower in their districts compared to wealthier neighborhoods. What that means is that poor folk here get less of precisely the resource they need most to break the cycle of poverty.

And because minorities in America typically make less than whites, that means they live in disproportionately poorer neighborhoods, meaning they receive comparatively poorer educations, meaning they don't have as much access to higher paying jobs, meaning that they live in ...

Yes, I am replying again. Here is a research piece about our secondary school leaving exam which is called a "GCSE." Basically, what you have in a typical secondary modern school are 5 years; 1st to the 5th year. Whatever you have done in the 3rd year will greatly improve your chances (I cannot remember if we needed to pass anything to get into the 4th year, but the 4th year is when the GCSEs start) of getting to a top class. There are three classes normally; the top class, the middle class and then there is the bottom class. Yes, all is fine and dandy, until those dreaded exams come along at the end of the 5th year. You want to pass and you want to pass with flying colours. (I need to get my facts straight on this one) So, whatever you have learned over the two last years, doesn't really enter into it. You could score 100% in all your GCSE exams, and it will not make a blind bit of difference since for each class, the syllabus is completely different in spite of the lessons being the same i.e. basic French from 4th to 5th year, whilst those studying French will be doing something along the lines of translation. Anyway, the best you can hope for is possibly a 'D' which will not get you onto a place for an 'A'-level since you need to have 5 A*-C grades. Basically, you play around in the 3rd year, you have no hope of getting to complete a decent level education because your teacher has already decided what sort of person you are going to be later in life.

http://www.growthmindsetmaths.com/upload...apaper.pdf