If the parent does not care and their kids prefer the streets to going to school, how does paying teachers more to teach to an empty classroom advance their reading proficiency? Money doesn’t fix a failed culture. The people in the culture do
This is our problem in a nutshell.
We’ve reached a point where things that objectively lead to better outcomes like stable marriages, two parents in the home and delayed gratification in favor of financial security are belittled as regressive, even racist. Advocating these things is condemned. You will be canceled.