This study only shines a brighter light on the relationship between poverty and educational success. Until this country decides to begin working on the real problem of solving poverty then the current trends will continue downward.
We have a welfare system that is designed to forever keep people reliant on it. There are no mechanisms in place to help people work their way off the system without being penalized. We reward people by giving them more money for having more children that they can’t afford to take care of, they expect the government to take care of them.