[autoditype]

> different kids have wildly different resources/home lives and those differences cut across racial.

One of the largest impacts on a child's outcome is if they have two parents that are involved in their lives, and even more if they are involved in their education. The classroom has little to do with parenting. There's other reasons why kids dont have two parents though.

[rayiner]

Married two-parent households is also the biggest advantage Asian kids have, even compared to whites, at every income level. Social liberals sold America a bill of goods by normalizing divorce and single parent households (not just at the individual level, but at scale). And the impact has been the worst in disadvantaged groups that already have so many other things stacked against them: https://www.aei.org/articles/the-power-of-the-two-parent-hom...

[charlesu]

Add ending the drug war and socialized medicine that provides for mental health services to the list.

Having two parents at home is important, but having a social worker and psychologist can do wonders too.

We can't fix everything but we should do all we can to give ever child a fair shot and a fair shot is more than free primary education.