[A_perfect_lady]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, it's not really a racial thing, it's an economic thing - schools in the worst neighborhoods are going to do worse than schools in the richer neighborhoods.

These are kids who are all in the same school that I'm talking about. Within our school, the Asian kids are at 60% proficiency, the white kids are at 50%, and the black and Latino kids are at about 22%.

Far as I can see, it's cultural. I teach ESL, and when I say "Take out a piece of paper and a pencil," the Asian kids do it, the white kids do it, and the others, by and large, ignore me.

[af_vet_rr]

Far as I can see, it's cultural. I teach ESL, and when I say "Take out a piece of paper and a pencil," the Asian kids do it, the white kids do it, and the others, by and large, ignore me.

Maybe it's a combination of both cultural and socio-economic - if your parents went through high school, and on into college, they are going to make more money than somebody who may not have finished HS and who definitely didn't go to college. Your parents are going to realize the value of an education, whereas somebody who dropped out in high school may not care too much about education, and that attitude carries over to the kids.