[Clock King]

Bump for later, but I noticed this..

It did no good to try to quiet them, and white women were particularly inept at trying.

This is THEE root cause of the problem. At least as far as I remember growing up. In the segregated system of the past, there used to be nothing but black teachers teaching black students. And let me tell you, they did not TOLERATE discipline problems for one moment! You'd get whacked in a second. And if you kept acting up, they could always call the Black Male Principal -- that was like calling God/Dad down on you. It fell apart when the Racist Leftists moved good black teachers out of the black schools and sent in unprepared liberal white teachers who "pitied" the children.

[MSF BU]

My first thought as well when I read that section. The “Troops to Teachers” program would put an end to this problem quickly if they could deliver as many former NCO’s into these schools as possible, especially DI’s with a Parris Island or Fort Benning background.

[Tired of Taxes]

It fell apart when the Racist Leftists moved good black teachers out of the black schools and sent in unprepared liberal white teachers who "pitied" the children.

Or "feared" them. I've been convinced for a long time that these behavior problems would be nonexistent if the government (federal, state AND local) stopped running schools and let the private sector take over. Then parents would be free to send their children to the schools of their choice.