blacks do not place as much value on education as whites. Studies show that there are fewer books and less time reading in black homes than white and asian homes as well as more time watching television even among black parents with college educations.
There is no racial IQ difference, I hope you were joking. The problem is a mixture of parenting, schools and socioeconomics that are all interrelated. Bad economic area, such as new orleans, camden new jersey, parents have less access to living wage jobs, then work more and more unconventional hours, thus less time parenting and teaching children. The economic situation leads to less taxes to support the public school system in the area, which leads to larger class sizes and lower teacher pay and less resources for students. Vicious cycle continues. This is the education gap, and it needs to be solved by innovative dynamic learning methods that allow teachers and community leaders to collude with parents. Education is a societal thing. I do agree that Europe has a better Public school system, primarily because they spend MORE TIME in school. Our flawed school year system was designed based off an agrarian culture where children were needed in the summer months to work the fields. School needs to be year round…However the US is without a doubt the pinnacle of higher education and universities. Forbes and the Economist both had studies done of top ranked universities, the rest of the world doesnt add up. This leads to an influx of foreigners, european and asian to our universities for undergrad and doctoral programs and they are better prepared for it than the typical US undergrad.
I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh which is one of the premier med schools in the country and has several other top tier departments. A block away is Carnegie Mellon University which is one of the best engineering and liberal studies schoools in teh world. The amount of asians and indians here is astounding.