re: Complaints about the "lack of educational opportunity" for blacks.

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I can tell you as a teacher who taught in inner city Memphis that these all-black schools get more state and federal funding than the white schools do. The teachers are paid more, they have more technology in the classroom and better equipment overall. It is the home life of the blacks that keeps them falling behind. Schools have children 1/3 of the day 1/2 days of the year. Where they are the other 5/6 of the time is the difference.

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Jackson Public Schools are in deplorable condition. I don't think it's going to change anytime soon. But, we did get the superintendent that turned your schools around.