Milwalkee riots

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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 ...

So, pretty much the same in the United Kingdom I believe which really is unfair. Basically, those who have the chance to make it, whilst those who are less fortunate have to make do with what they have been given i.e. an education at a school where there is no hope, and no future because when you put it down on a cv, future employers will have already formed a mental picture of the potential applicant and give it a negative response. It sucks mate, I know. My old school was closed down because of it, and the way the future is heading, more and more schools will be closed down, which means sooner or later, those from backgrounds of poverty, will have to find funding elsewhere to get access to a better school or will have to pass a test in the hope of getting to a better school. One of our failings was the Grammar school. You basically had to pass a test (the 11+) to get into them. If you had no hope and you came from a poor background, then the chances are nil. Anyway, many thanks for the explanation Thump.

Grammar schools used to help quite a lot of poor kids actually. And I firmly agree with the idea that smarter children should be placed in a different environment, regardless of their financial status.