MaggieD
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You can point the finger a lot of different places on that one. Which one would you like to pick? Apathetic parents? Terrible working conditions, which means lower quality teachers? The required education commitment our society has? Inner-city flight, which was caused by cheap gas and racism/ignorance? You can even blame our economic system. Take your pick or add your own, lots of blame to go around.
You forgot one important component: the policy of every inner-city public school to keep thugs in the classroom so they can get their per-pupil reimbursement.