How the Startup Mentality Failed Kids in San Francisco
&gt;San Francisco has been trying, and mostly failing, for half a century to give African American and Latino students an education comparable to that provided to white and Asian students in the city.<p>At what point will it become appropriate to admit that there is a cultural problem among certain low income minorities that leads to poor outcomes in education?<p>Regardless of whether it is fair, is it really reasonable to force middle class minorities and whites to be exposed to drugs and violence in middle school, in a clearly failed attempt to bring up worst performers?<p>These policies are a net loss to society. Instead of boosting performance of the lower tail, we are only hampering the middle and, especially, upper reaches of achievement. Some problems can&#x27;t be solved by money, or even celebrity apparently, according to this article.