There was a recent This American Life episodes about this. Apparently the best way to raise poor black children&#x27;s scores is to remove segregation, but white communities don&#x27;t want it:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thisamericanlife.org&#x2F;radio-archives&#x2F;episode&#x2F;562&#x2F;the-problem-we-all-live-with" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thisamericanlife.org&#x2F;radio-archives&#x2F;episode&#x2F;562&#x2F;t...</a><p>I&#x27;m from the UK and was genuinely shocked. While there are disparities and issues over here, they&#x27;re on a different scale compared to the US.