There is a simple answer, but the ‘no child left behind’ bunch doesn’t like it. Leave the ones who disrupt, who don’t want to learn BEHIND! Kick their asses out. It doesn’t matter if their homes are broken, living in a shelter, whatever. Schools are to learn. Period.
Or if nothing else, take that little handful who actually want to learn (because they are the minority in a group like that. Out of 32 kids, there’ll be about 6 who are intent.) Take that handful out of each class and make an Honors class. I did that in my inner-city middle school and those kids accomplished wonderful things. We made a little bubble in the middle of the crazy.
Correct.
In their original conception, yes. But early on, government types realized they could be used for molding young minds into the government mold.