> ...kids whose parents bought more expensive houses to get their kids into better schools tend to be kids who are easier to teach, for a bunch of reasons. Tho

> ...kids whose parents bought more expensive houses to get their kids into better schools tend to be kids who are easier to teach, for a bunch of reasons. Those parents tend to emphasize education. Those parents tend to encourage literacy, and discourage bad behavior toward teachers. This creates an environment where all of the children, more or less, have a reasonable environment for learning, but the largest contributing factor is the parental involvement. Children don't become magically easier to teach because of resources. Resources at home, however, can help the parents focus on their child's behavior and amenability to learning. This means that the problem of ineffective education of poor children must be addressed at home, not in the school.