# When will "reformers" learn that you can't blame "failing schools" for low test scores?

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**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-reformers-learn-that-you-cant-blame-failing-schools-for-low-test-scores/732266 "2015-09-23T03:19:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-reformers-learn-that-you-cant-blame-failing-schools-for-low-test-scores/732266/15 "2015-09-23T13:42:03Z")

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Whoa, Nelly! I never said anything about race, which is [not even a valid biological taxonomic classification.](http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/PAGE-ONE-No-Biological-Basis-For-Race-3310645.php) The points I made about the test scores of children of college-educated professionals (which are basically the yardstick everyone else is expected to live up to) would apply perfectly well to a school whose PTA meets at the local [Jack and Jill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_of_America) club.

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