One word...egalitarianism.
Spend a kajillion dollars on inner city schools and maybe you can socially engineer equality of outcomes instead of equality of opportunity.
It never occurs to them that there is a possibility that....
A. The kids are just plain stupid.
B. They have no fathers.
C. They are out gangbaning and listening to gangsta rap.
D. Mom is a crack whore.
Time is up....this was a timed test. The correct answer for liberals who are curious why the drop out rate is so high in inner city pubik skools is:
E. All of the above.