The unfortunate part is that many parents do believe in education despite or as a direct consequence of their miserable situation. The answer for these families

The unfortunate part is that many parents do believe in education despite or as a direct consequence of their miserable situation. The answer for these families is often parochial schools, which speaks the deficiencies in Chicago city schools. The real problem is that many of these folks trust the public schools to facilitate health development but it is precisely in Chicago city schools that kids are surrounded with these negative factors: kids see drug dealers, gang bangers and violence in school. Imagine if you left your kid with a baby sitter, only to find him hanging out with a drug dealer?