A lot of the problems start at home. Many of these kids simply are not coming from solid family foundations. Add in many teachers who simply are not very good at their jobs or are handcuffed by the system and its a recipe for issues.
Going back to my days in "the system" my parents were not really involved in my school life. Cared what grades we made but did not really push us to do better and never got involved by meeting with our teachers, etc. Had many teachers who simply did not give a crap. Had one that all she did was put in movies and read her book. Come test time we were allowed to do group tests. Loved it at the time but learned absolutely nothing about Math which came back to haunt me during ACT time as well as college. Had other teachers who really did not know the subject they were teaching. Other hand, had some teachers who were very good. Knew their stuff, cared about their students, etc. Did not make it seem like it was their job, but more of a passion.
Going back to my days in "the system" my parents were not really involved in my school life. Cared what grades we made but did not really push us to do better and never got involved by meeting with our teachers, etc. Had many teachers who simply did not give a crap. Had one that all she did was put in movies and read her book. Come test time we were allowed to do group tests. Loved it at the time but learned absolutely nothing about Math which came back to haunt me during ACT time as well as college. Had other teachers who really did not know the subject they were teaching. Other hand, had some teachers who were very good. Knew their stuff, cared about their students, etc. Did not make it seem like it was their job, but more of a passion.