Education

People are always saying that education is the great equalizer, the road to the American dream and no where can this be seen as clearly as the difference between Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans. Both groups are mostly immigrant, both have brown skin and neither group has been affected by slavery yet the Asian group exceeds White Americans education and the Hispanic group trails far behind in education. Asians income exceeds Whites and Hispanics lag behind. One explanation is that it is a cultural thing, that Asian families more strongly emphasize the importance of education. There are examples of successful Black Americans and they often attribute that to their parents demanding high performance in school offering further proof of the importance of education. The best way to close the income gap is to close the test score gap and one way to do this is to get more minorities out of the inner city schools and into the suburbs. The professional educations have tried various experiments over the years without success. Time for a new approach.