The best bet to really overcoming this would be for a deep pockets, Republican conservative to set up a private elementary-middle-secondary school solely for poor black children.
It would have strict rules and discipline, school uniforms, serve breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Its teachers would wear formal teaching attire as professionals, and many of them would be veterans. If parents signed a statement that they could not guarantee a good home environment for their children, the school would also act as a boarding school.
Students would have thorough annual physicals, tests especially looking for things that could inhibit learning, like dyslexia, vision and hearing problems, and overall health.
English instruction, strictly by phonics and grammar as well as penmanship, typing and lots and lots of reading.
Mathematics instruction, with frequent use, review, practice and applications. No calculators until late in their education, for complex calculations.
Home economics and financial management, health and safety, natural sciences, etc.
By the time their first seniors graduated, I expect they would be on a par or even better than white students from charter schools. Much better than white students from public schools.
I think a lot of black parents would want to see their children accepted in such a school. They see the long term advantages to their children of being successful. But the teachers unions would turn backflips to have such a school closed. And that’s where our President would come in with a program to support, promote and publicize the results that could be achieved even in his first term.
Catholic all-black schools in the pre-integration era South have already done most of what you suggest, with exactly the result you are postulating.
You're right, and a deep pockets, Republican conservative did just that. His name was Booker T. Washington. His Tuskeegee Institute not only handled all those academic levels at once, plus college-level material, but as you suggest it also taught proper dress, social graces, and the specific skills needed in various trades. It was tremendously successful, which is why he and the racial-grievance industry, which was flourishing even then, were enemies.
Someone could call it Tuskeegee II. Or perhaps Washington College. The feeder school would be Washington Prep.
Hmmm. I really like this idea. . .
That was when liberals were allowed to help the poor to succeed.
>By the time their first seniors graduated, I expect they would be on a par or even better than white students from charter schools. Much better than white students from public schools.
You’d be disappointed. It’s been tried before. The IQ differential is too great. You can make people smarter, but it requires sexual selection to do it.
For instance, Europeans long required young men to own their own home before marriage and children. Men not smart enough to be able to handle this generally ended up without children. This caused a positive increase in general IQ. That process however requires tight control on female sexual activity.