Their job is to teach the kids.

It costs more money to teach a child from the parallel culture than it does to teach a kid from the middle class. That’s something the right does not want to acknowledge.

Think about a middle-class kid. She probably has parents who read to her. She likely will know her letters and sounds before she starts school. Her numbers, too. She will probably know her way around a computer. She will be well-nourished.

A child from the parallel culture will likely have none of these advantages. Educating her will require more resources, not less. It will require small classrooms and intense, personalized instruction. Tutors will probably be a necessity. Probably longer school hours.

The race does not start when a kid is 6 and entering first grade. It starts long before. It costs money to try to catch up. The so-called “fix” does not take any of this into consideration. There is nothing about spending more money to save failing schools.