You hear a lot on rightwing Twitter about how American K-12 education is failing. But it's not failing for white and Asian kids. They perform at the highest level, outperforming all but one European country on the PISA. The failure lies in the performance of blacks and Hispanics.

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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well it's not down to IQ this time.

It's down to that ol' soft bigotry of low expectations.

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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The failure is in the families of the children by the way