[mrsmel]

And their class sizes were no larger than 25 students at most, unbelievable that with those kinds of resources (from a blackmailed tax base, at that), they still couldn't raise scores.

[zerosix]

A close look at the district's teachers will give the viewer a good idea why - many of them barely read and write or meet any kind of educational standards. Good teachers left due to retirements but not being replaced because of hazards (physical violence from students, parents or other teachers).

School board insisted that teachers needed to "reflect the classrooms," meaning that if majority of students were black, teacher MUST be black also, regardless of qualifications. Of course, that meant principal and administrators at school also be "minority" which always meant black.

When you have a school whose "theme" was "African-centered" meant all classes revolved around whatever was deemed "African."

What sane parent wanted their kid to suffer their entire adulthood because of this kind of preferences being placed at the top of their education.