[A CA Guy]

He is correct. Poor people (those in poverty) are either from third world countries with second grade educations or come from families in most cases with little educational priorities.
Many of the students are able to sit, listen, learn, take direction, participate, do multiplication (outside of giving birth) and so on.

Cause and effect.
Because of the lack of a good structured education, you get the effect of more people from poorer people that can't earn a living later. Add drugs like pot, alchohol and other things and you have a mess.

Newt is right.
That was some straight talk.

[GeronL]

we don’t need a new federal government “jobs” program.

we need government out of the way.