Even just the style of question. Years ago I took a few online IQ tests, I did better on the subsequent ones, not because I got smarter, but because I was more familiar with the style of question.
Newsflash: training for a test makes you better at the test. Alas, minorities are not physically able to take mock tests to prepare for the real ones. If a Person Of Color as much as touches a prep book, they immediately erupt in flames. It's a tragedy.
- Educated communities who have higher quality students.
- Nice safe schools that kids enjoy going to, etc.
Yes, exactly. It's not teachers that make great schools, but students. And when half of your minority students just ignore the classes and/or actively try to disrupt them with zero repercussions, you get what you get.
I'm not exaggerating, that's what happens in places like Baltimore where half of the schools have _zero_ students passing math tests. Should ALL of them be admitted to college on an off-chance that several of them will succeed?
You can try, and I'm sure they do, but it's hard to match the benefit of parents who are both engaged and well-informed.
Schools with at least some discipline and real consequences. Otherwise, it's going to be a failure upon failure. With much hand-wringing about "systemic racism".