[Myrddin]

Have you heard the PSA that encourages adding lots of after school programs, on campus medical/dental and other non-academic expenditures? The K-12 establishment pushes all this window dressing, then they bitch about not having enough money for "no child left behind". There is always a disparity between white/asian vs black/hispanic test scores. It doesn't matter how much money is thrown at the disparity.

[radiohead]

There is always a disparity between white/asian vs black/hispanic test scores. It doesn't matter how much money is thrown at the disparity.

And yet, there is little to no disparity when these same minority kids go to poorly funded Catholic schools.

Strange, isn't it? Must be, the teachers are actually teaching the fundamentals instead of 'feelgoodism', and the parents are actually riding herd on the kids so that they behave and learn.