Blacks will never be equal to Whites in the classroom, ever. It's not just the simple fact that they have lower IQ's overall, it's that the Black community doesn't give the schools anything to work with.  Here's what the Black community gives to the schools: kids who have been exposed to crack (or other drugs) in the womb, kids who have been born out of incest, kids who have been born to children, kids who are routinely abused, kids who come from single parent homes (or don't even live with a parent but some other relative), kids who are not properly reared, and kids whose parents failed at school themselves and therefore cannot teach any coping strategies to them.  Have I forgotten anything? Are these problems as prevalent in the White community? No sir.  What a mess. And yet Black kids are supposed to achieve success at the same level as the White kids. What a crock. Or you could just have said: They give kids who are black :D     Florida has received national attention for low graduation rates. U.S. Department of Education numbers show that Florida's national ranking for graduation rates fell from 45th in 1998 to dead last in 2005. I wonder what CHANGED during those years? :rolleyes: Could it be Florida demographics? Nah!! it must be an outbreak of racism in the institutions! :rolleyes: :rofl